Anti-submarine missile
An anti-submarine missile is a
that is carried from a launch ship, or other platform, to the vicinity of a target.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.[1]
During the
The advantage of an anti-submarine missile is the attack stand-off range. The Swedish
Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) rockets, in the past commonly used by Sweden, France, Japan and Germany for instance, can travel as far as 3600m depending on the rocket used.[3] The USSR developed its own anti-submarine rockets in the RBU series
and these are still in use in Russia and in countries using Russian designed ships. Today anti-submarine rockets have been phased out in most western navies, replaced by the Homing ASW Torpedo.
Examples
- Australia
- France
- India
- Italy
- Japan
- Norway
- People's Republic of China
- CJ-1 Torpedo
- CY Series
- South Korea
- Russian Federation
- 85RU
- RPK-2 Vyuga
- 86R
- 88R
- RPK-1 Vikhr
- RPK-9 Medvedka
- Metel Anti-Ship Complex
- 3M-54 Kalibr
- United Kingdom/Australia
- United States
References
- ISBN 0-8037-6454-2pp.307-308
- ^ Albrecht, Gerhard Weyer's Warships of the World (1969) United States Naval Institute p.385
- ^ "Forecast International: Intelligence Center".