AM39 Exocet
Owned By
| Operator: | Egypt | Kuwait | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | United Arab Emirates |
| Status: | In Service | In Service | In Service | In Service | In Service |
| Number: | 40 | 36 | 20 | 24 | 64 |
| Cost: | |||||
| Acquired: | 1982 – 1983 | 1985 – 1991 | 1984 | 1990 | 1983 – 2003 |
| General Specs: | |||||
| Country of origin: | France | ||||
| Manufacturer: | Aérospatiale/MBDA | ||||
| Introduced: | 1979 | ||||
| Range: | 31.07 miles (50 km); 43.50 miles (70 km) from 6.21 miles (10 km) altitude | ||||
| Warhead: | 363.76 lb (165 kg) HE-fragmentation warhead and proximity fuze | ||||
| Speed: | Mach 0.9 | ||||
| Weight: | 1,477.1 lb (670 kg) | ||||
| Length: | 15.39 ft (4.69 m) | ||||
| Diameter: | 1.15 ft (0.35 m) | ||||
| Wingspan: | 3.61 ft (1.1 m) | ||||
| Propellant: | Single-stage solid propellant rocket motor | ||||
| Guidance System: | Active radar homing out to 14.91 miles (24 km), inertial navigation | ||||
| Accuracy: | |||||
| Launch Platform: | Fixed-wing and helicopter launched | ||||
| Alpha Jet MS-2 | AS-332 Super Puma | Mirage 2000 | AS-532 Cougar | Mirage 2000-9 | |
| AS-332 Super Puma | |||||
Sources:
- “Missiles.” Trade Registers. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, n.d. Web. 9 Jan. 2014.
- “Exocet AM39.” MBDA Systems, 2011. Web. 09 Jan. 2014.
- “Munitions / Air to Surface Missiles / Exocet.” Weapon Systems.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Jan. 2014.
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