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Anti-submarine missile

Missile designed to target submerged vessels

Missile designed to target submerged vessels

An anti-submarine missile mission profile

An anti-submarine missile is a standoff anti-submarine weapon, often a specialized variant of anti-ship missile. Anti-submarine missiles usually include a jet or rocket engine and a warhead aimed directly at a submarine. In these missiles, a torpedo or a depth charge is used as a warhead. The anti-submarine missile can be either a cruise missile or a ballistic missile.

History

Depth charges were the earliest weapons designed for use by ships against submerged submarines. These explosives were initially dropped as the ship moved over the presumed location of a submarine. Before World War II, shipboard sonar was unable to maintain contact with a submarine at close range.

Various mortar-type projectors, including Hedgehog and Squid, were devised during World War II to allow a ship to maintain sonar contact while lobbing explosive charges toward the submarine.

During the Cold War, missiles were developed to provide greater range with reduced recoil. Some missiles and rockets, such as K745A1 Red Shark carry homing torpedoes to provide terminal guidance for the warhead. The advantage of an anti-submarine missile is the attack stand-off range.

Examples

  • Australia
    • Ikara
  • France
    • Malafon
  • India
    • SMART
  • Italy
    • MILAS
  • Japan
    • Type 07 vertical-launch anti-submarine rocket
  • People's Republic of China
    • CJ-1 Torpedo
    • CY Series
  • South Korea
    • K745A1 Red Shark
  • Soviet Union/Russian Federation
    • 85RU
    • RPK-2 Vyuga
    • 86R
    • 88R
    • RPK-1 Vikhr
    • RPK-9 Medvedka
    • Metel Anti-Ship Complex
    • 91R Otvet Anti-Submarine Complex
  • United Kingdom/Australia
    • Ikara
  • United States
    • RUM-139 VL-ASROC
    • RUR-5 ASROC
    • UUM-44 SUBROC

References

References

  1. Hughes, Terry, and Costello, John ''The Battle of the Atlantic'' (1977) Dial Press {{Listed Invalid ISBN. 0-8037-6454-2 pp.307-308
  2. Albrecht, Gerhard ''Weyer's Warships of the World'' (1969) United States Naval Institute p.385
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