Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Exocet

IOC: 1975
Total Production: 4,000

MM40 Exocet

Production: 700

Origin
France

Contractor/s
MBDA

Applications
Aviso Type A69
Barroso
Diponegoro
F70 AA
F70 ASM
FPB 44
FPB 62
Gowind 200
Horizon
Inhauma
Khareef
La Fayette
Lekiu
MEKO 360
MEKO A-200 (AAW)
MEKO A-200 (ASW)
Province
Sawari II
TNC 45

Family Members
AM39 Exocet
MM38 Exocet
MM40 Block 3 Exocet
MM40BC Exocet
SM39 Exocet

Description: The combat-proven Exocet is a sea-skimming, subsonic, fire-and-forget, anti-ship missile. It entered service in 1975 with the French Navy. The guidance system consists of an inertial navigation system and an active radar seeker for the terminal phase. Exocet features a 165 kg shaped charge warhead.

It is one of the most popular anti-ship missiles in the western hemisphere. More than 3,300 Exocet missiles have been produced for 33 countries.

The MM40 is an ECCM-protected, ship-launched, increased in length, long range version of the Exocet missile enabled to engage over the horizon targets. The MM40 features a better performance in heavy countermeasures ECM environments. MM40 missiles received upgrades from Block 2 program breakthroughs.

Specifications
Dimensions: Diameter 350 mm, Length 5.8 m, Width 1.1 m

Weights: Max Weight 870 kg (1,918 lb), Warhead 165 kg (364 lb)

Performance: Max Range 72,000 m (236,220 ft), Top Speed 309 mps (Mach 0.93)

MM40 Exocet - Contracts, Orders & Sales

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MM40 Exocet and Aster 15 missiles; items: 46; transferred from France to Saudi Arabia in 2004
Items: 46

MM40 Exocet; items: 9; transferred from France to South Africa in 2004
Items: 9

Exocet (unknown model); items: 8; transferred from France to Malaysia in 2003
Items: 8

Exocet; items: 8; transferred from France to Brazil in 2002
Items: 8

Exocet; items: 18; transferred from France to Saudi Arabia in 2000 and 2002
Items: 18

Delivery	Items
2002	8
2000	10

Exocet; items: 20; transferred from France to Malaysia in 1998 and 1999
Items: 20

Delivery	Items
1999	16
1998	4

Exocet; items: 5; transferred from France to Greece in 1993
Items: 5

News
Oman Orders VL Mica and Exocet for its Khareef-class Vessels

MBDA Introduces Ship-Launched Marte Mk2/N Missile

Indian Scorpene Submarines to Receive Exocet Missiles

Sawari II Completes SAAM Trials

South African Navy Christens a New Corvette and a New Submarine

French Navy Orders Exocet Block 3 Missiles

Operators

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Argentina

Bahrain

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

France

Greece

Indonesia

Malaysia

Oman

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

United Arab Emirates

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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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