What is an exocete rocket?

Exocet is a French-picked rocket against them, which has been in operation since 1979. The exoT rocket can supply an explosive head of 165 kg to a range of 70-180 km. Exoceta, which is on the radar, may be difficult to pick up the radar. There are several versions of exoket rockets that can be released from submarines, surface containers or aircraft. Several hundred of these missiles started with Iran during the war in Iran and Iraq, and several of them started Argentina against Great Britain ships during the Falklands War.

tuned to make the most damage as possible to the boat, the rocket can travel at 315 m/s (1134 km/h), which means it will hit most of the targets within minutes of the maximum. This velocity is slightly below the sound speed that prevents the exoT rocket from creating an easily detectable sound boom. It starts with its flight only on the basis of inertia, in the middle of the flight the rocket rotates to the inner Rnavigation system Adar, which helps him improve his goal.

In 1982, during the Falklands War, between Argentina and Great Britain over the Falkland Islands off the southeast coast of Argentina, several exocets were used for a devastating effect on the British Navy. Super Entendard Warplanes equipped with exoT missiles managed to sink HMS Sheffield , destroyers, 4 May and 15,000 ton trading ships Atlantic Convňor . As a result, the exocet rockets were world famous. In the UK, the term "exocet" became an abbreviation for a devastating attack.

Recently declassified documents explain that during the Falklands war, the British military intelligence was very intimidated by exoket rockets, which feared the "nightmare scenarios" where one or both naval carriers in the area could be much harder. The cost of the exocet and the aircraft is huge - several million dollars compared to tens of billions of dollars. Vulnerability toApital ships against missile missile attacks caused some military strategists to question the value of these ships. Such questions play a role in strategic planning in the United States, especially in connection with a possible war with China on Tai -Wan. Without an efficient opposite system, a nuclear tip or conventional exoceta could probably sink a large part of the US Navy.