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Exocet AM.39/MM.40



ORIGIN: (Real World)
France

GAMES FEATURED IN:
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Ace Combat 06: Fires of Liberation

COMPATIBLE AIRCRAFT:
Mirage 2000C, Mirage 2000-5

OVERVIEW:
Exocet missiles started in development in 1967, originally as the ship-launched variant MM 38 which entered service in 1975. The air-launched version, AM 39, was developed later starting in 1974 and entering service with the French Navy in 1979. The missile is designed to attack large warships. A block 2 upgrade program was carried out from the late 1980s until 1993, and introduced an improved digital active radar seeker and upgraded inertial navigation and control electronics.

The Exocet has four clipped delta wings at mid-body and four raked clipped-tip moving delta control fins at the rear. The missile is 4.7 m long, has a body diameter of 350 mm and a wingspan of 1.1 m. The missile weighs 670 kg and has a 165 kg HE shaped charge fragmentation warhead. Guidance in the mid-course phase is inertial, followed by an active radar terminal phase. There is also a radar altimeter to control the sea-skimming trajectory, at around 10.0 m until the terminal phase when, in calm sea conditions, the missile can descend to 3.0 m or so. The solid propellant motor gives Exocet a range of about 50 km, but when released from 10,000 m (32,800 ft) the range achieved was reported to be 70 km.


Source: Global Security - http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/wor...rope/exocet.htm

*Original Article by "Millie"*

[Shirai_Kuroko]

Rafale M is confirmed to be carrying AM.39 in AC04, ACZ, and AC5 as well. Please add it into the article.

[EstovakianHarrierPlus]

I bet the missile that sunk the kestrel was a Exocet.

[Shirai_Kuroko]

RoddH, on 24 April 2011 - 06:11 AM, said:

I bet the missile that sunk the kestrel was a Exocet.

Probably. The shape of the horizontal stabilizers of the incoming missile seems to resemble an SM.39 more than an UGM-84. But then, if Yuktobania only use Typhoon class submarines and (Probably) the U-Boat Type VII, how can they launch a western-made missile?

[EstovakianHarrierPlus]

It's strangereal, anything can happen.

[Shirai_Kuroko]

RoddH, on 30 April 2011 - 11:32 PM, said:

It's strangereal, anything can happen.

Oh, yeah... I forgot it.

And please, somebody add the Rafale M into the article, will ya?

[EstovakianHarrierPlus]

The editor might mess up the page again. I'll try.