The list of naval weapon systems aims to provide reference about weapons mounted on

surface combatant Surface combatants (or surface ships or surface vessels) are a subset of naval warships which are designed for warfare on the surface of the water, with their own weapons and armed forces. They are generally ships built to fight other ships, subma ...

warship A warship or combatant ship is a naval ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare. Usually they belong to the armed forces of a state. As well as being armed, warships are designed to withstand damage and are usually faster a ...

s, and smaller craft and

submarine A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...

s found throughout the history of

naval warfare Naval warfare is combat in and on the sea, the ocean, or any other battlespace involving a major body of water such as a large lake or wide river. Mankind has fought battles on the sea for more than 3,000 years. Even in the interior of large la ...

. The list is sorted alpha-numerically by system service designation (i.e. Mk 15), or issue name if designation is unknown: NB: As this is an English language list, NATO codenames are used preferentially. Glossary of abbreviations at bottom.

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* 40/60 Gun * 40/70 Gun *53-39 AntiShip Torpedo *53-51 AntiShip Torpedo *53-56 AntiShip Torpedo *53-57 AntiShip Torpedo *53-61 AntiShip Torpedo *53-65 AntiShip Torpedo *65-73 AntiShip Torpedo *65-76 AntiShip Torpedo

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Advanced Light Torpedo Shyena The Advanced Light Torpedo (TAL) Shyena (Sanskrit: श्येन, "Falcon or Hawk") is the first indigenous advanced lightweight anti-submarine torpedo of India, developed by the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL) of the Defence ...

*AK-130 130 mm Gun *AK-100 100 mm Gun *

AK–176 The AK-176 is a Soviet naval gun mounted in an enclosed turret, that may be used against sea, coastal, and aerial targets, including low flying anti-ship missiles. The system is designed to arm small displacement ships and comprises the Gun Mou ...

76.2 mm Gun * AK-230 twin 30mm Gun * AK-630 Gun *Ak-725 57 mm Gun *Albatros SAM * AM-39 Exocet ASM *APR-2 Airborne ASW Missile *APR-3 Airborne ASW Missile * Aspide SAM *

ASROC The RUR-5 ASROC (for "Anti-Submarine Rocket") is an all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system. Developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it was deployed in the 1960s, updated in the 1990s, and eventually installed ...

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Barak 1 Barak ( he, ברק, ''lightning'') is an Israeli surface-to-air missile (SAM) designed to be used as a ship-borne point-defense missile system against aircraft, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs. Overview The Barak SAM system is designed to replace or ...

point defense missile system *

Barak 8 Barak 8 ( he, בָּרָק, lit. "Lightning"), also known as LR-SAM or as MR-SAM, is an Indo-Israeli jointly developed surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, designed to defend against any type of airborne threat including aircraft, helicopters, ant ...

area defense missile system * Bar’er-vk *

BGM-109 Tomahawk The Tomahawk () Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, jet-powered, subsonic cruise missile that is primarily used by the United States Navy and Royal Navy in ship and submarine-based land-attack operations. Under contract f ...

Cruise Missile * BL 13.5 inch Mk V naval gun *

BL 14 inch Mk VII naval gun The BL 14-inch Mk VII naval gun was a breech loading (BL) gun designed for the battleships of the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. This gun armed the battleships during the Second World War. Background The choice of calibre was limited by the Sec ...

BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun The BL 15-inch Mark I succeeded the BL 13.5-inch Mk V naval gun. It was the first British 15-inch (381 mm) gun design and the most widely used and longest lasting of any British designs, and arguably the most successful heavy gun ever devel ...

BL 16 inch Mk I naval gun The BL 16-inch Mark I was a British naval gun introduced in the 1920s and used on the two ''Nelson''-class battleships. A breech-loading gun, the barrel was 45 calibres long ("/45" in shorthand) meaning 45 times the bore – long. Descript ...

BL 18 inch / 40 naval gun The BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun was a breech-loading naval rifle used by the Royal Navy during World War I. It was the largest and heaviest gun ever used by the British. Only the Second-World-War Japanese 46 cm/45 Type 94 had a larger calibre, , ...

BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun The BL 6-inch gun Mark VII (and the related Mk VIII) was a British naval gun dating from 1899, which was mounted on a heavy travelling carriage in 1915 for British Army service to become one of the main heavy field guns in the First World War, ...

Bofors 40 mm gun Bofors 40 mm gun is a name or designation given to two models of 40 mm calibre anti-aircraft guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors: *Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun - developed in the 1930s, widely used in World War II and into the 1990s ...

BrahMos The BrahMos (also designated as PJ-10)BrahMos-II BrahMos-II or BrahMos-2 or BrahMos Mach II (note:Not to be confused with the BrahMos block II) is a hypersonic cruise missile currently under joint development by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russia's NPO Mashinostroy ...

Hypersonic cruise missile

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* Crotale SAM

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* Dealer torpedo *

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Shipborne anti-ship/land attack ballistic missile *

DRDO The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) (IAST: ''Raksā Anūsandhān Evam Vikās Sangaṭhan'') is the premier agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, ...

Naval Anti-Ship Missile Short Range (NASM-SR) *DRDO Naval Anti-Ship Missile Extended Range (NASM-ER) *DRDO Takshak torpedo

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Exocet The Exocet () is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. Etymology The missile's name was given by M. Guillot, then the technical director ...

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F17 Torpedo The DTCN F17 was a wire-guided anti-surface ship torpedo originally produced in 1971. France, Spain, and Saudi Arabia were its primary users. As of 2021, there were still used on Pakistan Navy ur, ہمارے لیے اللّٰہ کافی ہے ...

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*Gabriel SSM *

Goalkeeper CIWS The Goalkeeper CIWS is a Dutch close-in weapon system (''SEE-wiz'') introduced in 1979. It is an autonomous and completely automatic weapon system for short-range defence of ships against highly manoeuvrable missiles, aircraft and fast-manoeuve ...

* Gökdeniz * Guided Weapon System 1 * Guided Weapon System 2 * Guided Weapon System 21 * Guided Weapon System 22 * Guided Weapon System 23 * Guided Weapon System 24 * Guided Weapon System 25 * Guided Weapon System 26 * Guided Weapon System 30

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* HF-1 Hsiung Feng I SSM * HF-2 Hsiung Feng II SSM * HF-3 Hsiung Feng III SSM

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* JL-2 SLBM

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* K-15 nuclear-capable short range

Submarine-launched ballistic missile A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. Modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), each of which carries a nuclear warhead ...

(SLBM) * K-4 nuclear-capable intermediate-range SLBM * K-5 nuclear-capable intermediate-range SLBM * K-6 nuclear-capable intercontinental-range SLBM * K-ASROC ( Hong Sang Eo (Red Shark) rocket-based torpedo) * K731 HW White Shark torpedo * K745 LW Blue Shark torpedo

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* M-4 SLBM *

M45 SLBM M45 or variants may refer to: Military equipment * Carl Gustaf m/45, a 9×19mm Swedish submachine gun * M45, a M26 Pershing#Variants, variant of the M26 Pershing heavy/medium tank of the United States Army * M45 (missile), a French Navy submarine ...

M51 SLBM The M51 SLBM is a French submarine-launched ballistic missile, built by ArianeGroup, and deployed with the French Navy. Designed to replace the M45 SLBM (In French terminology the MSBS – ''Mer-Sol-Balistique-Stratégique'' "Sea-ground-Strategic ...

*Manta Mine *

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* MM-38 Exocet SSM * MM-40 Exocet SSM * Modele 53 100mm Gun * Modele 64 100mm Gun * Modele 68 CADAM 100mm Gun * Modele 100 TR 100mm Gun * MU90 Impact Torpedo * Mk 1 Terrier Missile launcher USS Mississippi * Mk 4 Triple 14"/50 Gun * Mk 4 Terrier Missile launcher * Mk 5 Twin 16"/45 Gun * Mk 5 Terrier Missile launcher * Mk 6 Triple 16"/45 Gun * Mk 7 Triple 16"/50 Gun * Mk 7 Talos Missile launcher * Mk 8 Triple 12"/50 Gun * Mk 9 Terrier Missile launcher *

Mk 8 Torpedo MK or mk may refer to: In arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Moon Knight, a Marvel Comics superhero * M.K., an ''Into the Badlands (TV series), ''Into the Badlands'' (TV series) character * Mary Katherine "M.K." Bomba, the prot ...

* Mk 10 Terrier Missile launcher * Mk 11 Tartar Missile launcher * Mk 12 Talos Missile launcher *

Mk 13 Missile Launcher The Mark 13 guided missile launching system (GMLS) is a single-arm missile launcher designed for use on frigates and other military vessels. Because of its distinctive single-armed design, the Mark 13 is often referred to as the "one-armed bandit" ...

* Mk 14 torpedo * Mk 15 torpedo * Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS * Mk 16 5 inch DP (Dual Purpose) Gun * Mk 16 ASROC Launcher *

Mk 19 Grenade launcher The Mk 19 grenade launcher (pronounced Mark 19) is an American 40 mm belt-fed automatic grenade launcher that was first developed during the Vietnam War. Overview The Mk 19 is a belt-fed, blowback-operated, air-cooled, crew-serve ...

* Mk 22 3 inch Gun * Mk 22 Missile Launcher * Mk 24 Tigerfish Torpedo * Mk 25 Sea Sparrow launcher * Mk 26 3"/70 DP (Dual Purpose) Gun *

Mk 26 Missile Launcher The Mark 26 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) was a United States Navy fully automated system that stows, handles, and launches a variety of missiles. The system supported RIM-66 Standard, RUR-5 ASROC, and potentially other weapons.

Mk 27 target torpedo MK or mk may refer to: In arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Moon Knight, a Marvel Comics superhero * M.K., an ''Into the Badlands (TV series), ''Into the Badlands'' (TV series) character * Mary Katherine "M.K." Bomba, the prot ...

* Mk 29 NATO Sea Sparrow launcher *

Mk 30 target torpedo MK or mk may refer to: In arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Moon Knight, a Marvel Comics superhero * M.K., an '' ''Into the Badlands'' (TV series) character * Mary Katherine "M.K." Bomba, the protagonist in ''Epic'' (2013 fi ...

* Mk 32 SVTT (Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes) * Mk 33 3"/50 DP (Dual Purpose) Gun * Mk 36 SRBOC (Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Countermeasure) * Mk 37 Torpedo * Mk 38 Chain Gun * Mk 38 Mod 1 Machine Gun *

Mk 38 Mod 2 Stabilized Machine Gun MK or mk may refer to: In arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Moon Knight, a Marvel Comics superhero * M.K., an '' ''Into the Badlands'' (TV series) character * Mary Katherine "M.K." Bomba, the protagonist in ''Epic'' (2013 fi ...

Mk 41 VLS The Mark 41 Vertical Launching System (Mk 41 VLS) is a shipborne missile canister launching system which provides a rapid-fire launch capability against hostile threats. The Vertical Launch System (VLS) concept was derived from work on the Aegis C ...

(Vertical Launch System) * Mk 42 5 inch DP (Dual Purpose) Gun * Mk 44 Torpedo * Mk 45 5 inch DP (Dual Purpose) Gun * Mk 46 Torpedo * Mk 48 Torpedo * Mk 50 Torpedo * Mark 54 Torpedo * Mark 56 GFCS * Mark 63 GFCS * Mk 74 FCS * Mk 75 Oto Melara 76mm Compact Gun *

Mk 68 GFCS MK or mk may refer to: In arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Moon Knight, a Marvel Comics superhero * M.K., an '' ''Into the Badlands'' (TV series) character * Mary Katherine "M.K." Bomba, the protagonist in ''Epic'' (2013 fi ...

* Mk 72 Mod 0 sonar system *

Mk 84 sonar system MK or mk may refer to: In arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Moon Knight, a Marvel Comics superhero * M.K., an '' ''Into the Badlands'' (TV series) character * Mary Katherine "M.K." Bomba, the protagonist in ''Epic'' (2013 fi ...

Mk 86 Gun FCS (Fire Control System) MK or mk may refer to: In arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Moon Knight, a Marvel Comics superhero * M.K., an '' ''Into the Badlands'' (TV series) character * Mary Katherine "M.K." Bomba, the protagonist in ''Epic'' (2013 fi ...

* Mk 91 FCS * MK 92 FCS * Mk 114 ASW FCS * Mk 116 ASW FCS * Mk 112 ASROC Launcher * Mk 141 Quad Harpoon Launcher * Mk 143 Quad Tomahawk Box Launcher

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Nirbhay Nirbhay (meaning ''Dauntless/Fearless'') is a long range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile designed and developed in India by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) which is under Defence Research and Development Organisation (DR ...

long range subsonic anti-ship/land attack cruise missile *

Nulka Nulka is an Australian-designed and -developed active missile decoy built by an American/Australian collaboration. Used aboard warships of the United States Navy (USN), Royal Australian Navy (RAN), United States Coast Guard (USCG), and Royal Cana ...

Active Missile Decoy *

Naval Strike Missile The Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is an anti-ship and land-attack missile developed by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA). The original Norwegian name was Nytt sjømålsmissil (literally ''New sea target missile'', indicating ...

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Otomat The Otomat is an anti-ship and coastal defence missile developed by the Italian company Oto Melara jointly with Matra and now made by MBDA. The name comes, for the first versions, from the name of the two builders ("Oto Melara" and "Matra") and ...

SSM

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PAAMS The Principal Anti-Air Missile System (PAAMS) is a joint programme developed by France, Italy, and the United Kingdom for an integrated anti-aircraft warfare system. The prime contractor is EUROPAAMS, a joint venture between Eurosam (66%) and U ...

NCS *

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SSM *

Phalanx CIWS The Phalanx CIWS (often spoken as "sea-wiz") is a gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats. It was designed and manufactured by the Gene ...

Polaris missile The UGM-27 Polaris missile was a two-stage solid-fueled nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). As the United States Navy's first SLBM, it served from 1961 to 1980. In the mid-1950s the Navy was involved in the Jupiter missile ...

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QF 1 pounder pom-pom The QF 1 pounder, universally known as the pom-pom due to the sound of its discharge, was a 37 mm British autocannon, the first of its type in the world. It was used by several countries initially as an infantry gun and later as a light an ...

QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun The QF 12-pounder 12-cwt gun (abbreviated as Q.F. 12-pdr. (12-cwt.)Gun ...

QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun The QF 12 pounder 18 cwt gun was a 3-inch high-velocity naval gun used to equip larger British warships such as battleships for defence against torpedo boats. 18 cwt referred to the weight of gun and breech (18 × 112 lb = 2,016 lb or 9 ...

QF 14 pounder Maxim-Nordenfelt naval gun The QF 14-pounder was a 3-inch medium-velocity naval gun used to equip warships for defence against torpedo boats. It was produced for export by Maxim-Nordenfelt (later Vickers, Sons and Maxim) in competition with the Elswick QF 12-pounder 12 c ...

QF 2 pounder naval gun The 2-pounder gun, officially the QF 2-pounder ( QF denoting "quick firing") and universally known as the pom-pom, was a British autocannon, used as an anti-aircraft gun by the Royal Navy.British military of the period traditionally denoted s ...

QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss The QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss or in French use Canon Hotchkiss à tir rapide de 47 mm were a family of long-lived light naval guns introduced in 1886 to defend against new, small and fast vessels such as torpedo boats and later submarines. T ...

* QF 3 pounder Vickers * QF 3 inch Mark N1 gun * QF 4 inch Mk V gun * QF 4.5 inch naval gun *

QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I - IV QF may stand for: * Qantas, an airline of Australia (IATA code QF) * Qatar Foundation, a private, chartered, non-profit organization in the state of Qatar * Quality factor, in physics and engineering, a measure of the "quality" of a resonant system ...

QF 5.25 inch Mark I naval gun The QF 5.25-inch Mark I gun was the heaviest dual-purpose gun used by the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Although considered less than completely successful, it saw extensive service. 267 guns were built. Design Unlike its French and ...

QF 6 inch Mk I - III naval gun QF may stand for: * Qantas, an airline of Australia (IATA code QF) * Qatar Foundation, a private, chartered, non-profit organization in the state of Qatar * Quality factor, in physics and engineering, a measure of the "quality" of a resonant system ...

QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss The Ordnance QF Hotchkiss 6 pounder gun Mk I and Mk II or QF 6 pounder 8 cwt were a family of long-lived light naval guns introduced in 1885 to defend against new, small and fast vessels such as torpedo boats and later submarines. There were ma ...

* QF 6 inch Mark N5 gun

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*RAT-52 antiship torpedo * RGM-6 Regulus SSM * RGM-15 Regulus II SSM * RGM-59 Taurus SSM *RGM-165 LASM SSM *

RGM-84 Harpoon The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security). The AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) and later AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Mi ...

SSM *

RIM-2 Terrier The Convair RIM-2 Terrier was a two-stage medium-range naval surface-to-air missile (SAM), and was among the earliest surface-to-air missiles to equip United States Navy ships. It underwent significant upgrades while in service, starting with be ...

SAM * RIM-7 Sea Sparrow PDMS *

RIM-8 Talos Bendix RIM-8 Talos was a long-range naval surface-to-air missile, and was among the earliest surface-to-air missiles to equip United States Navy ships. The Talos used radar beam riding for guidance to the vicinity of its target, and semiactive ...

RIM-24 Tartar The General Dynamics RIM-24 Tartar was a medium-range naval surface-to-air missile (SAM), and was among the earliest surface-to-air missiles to equip United States Navy ships. The Tartar was the third of the so-called "3 T's", the three primary ...

SAM * RIM-50 Typhon LR SAM *RIM-55 Typhon MR SAM * RIM-66 SM-1MR Standard Medium Range SAM * RIM-66 SM-1ER Standard Extended Range SAM * RIM-67 SM-2MR Standard Medium Range SAM * RIM-67 SM-2ER Standard Extended Range SAM *

RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile The RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is a small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile in use by the German, Japanese, Greek, Turkish, South Korean, Saudi Arabian, Egyptian, Mexican, UAE, and U.S. Navies. It was original ...

SAM *

RIM-156 SM-2ER Block IV The RIM-67 Standard ER (SM-1ER/SM-2ER) is an extended range surface-to-air missile (SAM) and anti-ship missile originally developed for the United States Navy (USN). The RIM-67 was developed as a replacement for the RIM-8 Talos, a 1950s system de ...

SAM * RIM-161 SM-3 SAM *

RIM-162 ESSM The RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) is a development of the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile used to protect ships from attacking missiles and aircraft. ESSM is designed to counter supersonic maneuvering anti-ship missiles. ESSM also has the ab ...

(Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile) SAM *RPK-8 Antisubmarine Rocket System * RUR-4 *

RUM-139 VL ASROC The RUM-139 VL-ASROC is an anti-submarine missile in the ASROC family, currently built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy. History Design and development of the missile began in 1983 when Goodyear Aerospace was contracted by the U.S. Navy to ...

RUR-5 ASROC The RUR-5 ASROC (for "Anti-Submarine Rocket") is an all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system. Developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it was deployed in the 1960s, updated in the 1990s, and eventually installed ...

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* SA-N-1 Goa SAM * SA-N-2 Guideline SAM *

SA-N-3 Goblet The M-11 Shtorm (russian: М-11 «Шторм»; en, Storm) is a Russian naval surface-to-air missile system. Its GRAU designation is 4K60. Its NATO reporting name is SA-N-3 Goblet. The system was first installed on , an anti-submarine warfare c ...

SAM * SA-N-4 Gecko SAM * SA-N-5 Grail SAM *

SA-N-6 Grumble The S-300 ( NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble) is a series of long range surface-to-air missile systems developed and operated by the former Soviet Union, now fielded by the militaries of Russia and Ukraine as well as several other former Ea ...

SAM * SA-N-7 Gadfly SAM * SA-N-8 Gremlin SAM *

SA-N-9 Gauntlet The Tor (russian: Тор; en, torus) is an all-weather, low- to medium-altitude, short-range surface-to-air missile system designed for destroying airplanes, helicopters, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and short-range ballistic thr ...

SAM * SA-N-10 Grouse SAM * SA-N-11 Grisom SAM * SA-N-12 Grizzly SAM *

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SAM *

Sea Dart missile Sea Dart, or GWS.30 was a Royal Navy surface-to-air missile system designed in the 1960s and entering service in 1973. It was fitted to the Type 42 destroyers (United Kingdom and Argentina), Type 82 destroyer and s of the Royal Navy. Originally ...

SAM *SAET-50 Anti-Ship Torpedo *SAET-60 Anti-Ship Torpedo *

Sea Gnat The Seagnat Control System (sometimes spelled SeaGnat or Sea Gnat) is a British decoy system produced by System Engineering & Assessment (SEA) Ltd firing rounds produced by Chemring Countermeasures Ltd used on many NATO warships to safeguard agains ...

Decoy *

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SAM * Sea Wolf SAM * SET-40 antisubmarine torpedo * SET-53 antisubmarine torpedo * SET-65 antisubmarine torpedo * SET-72 antisubmarine torpedo *

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*SMART system (Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system) *

SM-4 SAM The SM-4 (CM-4) is a PDP-11/40 compatible system, manufactured in the Eastern Bloc in the 1980s. It was very popular in science and technology. They were manufactured in the Soviet Union, Bulgaria and Hungary, beginning in 1975. The standard con ...

* SM-39 Exocet USM *

Spearfish Torpedo The Spearfish torpedo (formally Naval Staff Target 7525) is the heavy torpedo used by the submarines of the Royal Navy. It can be guided by wire or by autonomous active or passive sonar, and provides both anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti- ...

* SS-N-1 Scrubber SSM *

SS-N-2 Styx The P-15 ''Termit'' (russian: П-15 "Термит"; en, termite) is an anti-ship missile developed by the Soviet Union's Raduga design bureau in the 1950s. Its GRAU designation was 4K40, its NATO reporting name was ''Styx'' or SS-N-2. China ...

SSM *

SS-N-3 The P-5 ''"Pyatyorka"'' (russian: П-5 «Пятёрка»; "Pyatyorka", "fiver" in English), also known by the NATO codename SS-N-3C Shaddock, is a Cold War era turbojet-powered cruise missile of the Soviet Union, designed by the Chelomey desig ...

Sepal/Shaddock SSM * SS-N-4 Sark SLBM * SS-N-5 Serb SLBM *

SS-N-6 Serb The R-27 Zyb was a submarine-launched ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union and employed by the Soviet Navy from 1968 through 1988. NATO assigned the missile the NATO reporting name, reporting name SS-N-6 Serb. In the USSR, it was give ...

SLBM * SS-N-7 Starbright SSM *

SS-N-8 R-29 Vysota Р-29 Высота (''height'', ''altitude'') is a family of Soviet submarine-launched ballistic missiles, designed by Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau. All variants use astro-inertial guidance systems. Variants R-29 *Deployment date: ...

Sawfly SLBM *

SS-N-9 The P-120 Malakhit (russian: П-120 «Малахит» 'Malachite'; NATO reporting name: SS-N-9 Siren, GRAU designation: 4K85) is a Russian medium range anti-ship missile used by corvettes and submarines. Introduced in 1972, it remains in service ...

Siren SSM * SS-N-12 Sandbox SSM * SS-N-14 Silex SUM * SS-N-15 Starfish SSM * SS-N-16 Stallion SSM * SS-N-17 Snipe SLBM * SS-N-18 Stingray SLBM * SS-N-19 Shipwreck SSM * SS-N-20 Sturgeon SLBM * SS-N-21 Sampson SSM *

SS-N-22 Sunburn SS-N-22 Sunburn is the NATO reporting name for two unrelated Soviet anti-ship missiles. Although the missiles were very different, distinguishing between them is difficult because their ship-mounted launching containers were identical. Confusion wa ...

SSM *

SS-N-23 Skiff The R-29RM Shtil (Russian: Штиль, lit. ''"Calmness"'', NATO reporting name SS-N-23 Skiff) was a liquid propellant, submarine-launched ballistic missile in use by the Russian Navy. It had the alternate Russian designations RSM-54 and GRAU i ...

SLBM * SS-N-24 Scorpion SSM *

SS-N-25 The Zvezda Kh-35 (russian: Х-35 , AS-20 'Kayak') is a Soviet turbojet subsonic cruise anti-ship missile. The missile can be launched from helicopters, surface ships and coastal defence batteries with the help of a rocket booster, in which c ...

Switchblade SSM *

Sting Ray torpedo The Sting Ray is a British acoustic homing lightweight torpedo (LWT) manufactured by GEC-Marconi, who were later bought out by BAE Systems. It entered service in 1983. Design and development In the 1950s the Royal Navy was equipped with Br ...

SUBROC The UUM-44 SUBROC (SUBmarine ROCket) was a type of submarine-launched rocket deployed by the United States Navy as an anti-submarine weapon. It carried a 250 kiloton thermonuclear warhead configured as a nuclear depth bomb. Development SUBROC ...

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* TEST71 Torpedo * TP 61 Torpedo * TP 613 Torpedo * TP 617 Torpedo * TP 62 Torpedo * TP 2000 Torpedo *

Trident missile The Trident missile is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) equipped with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV). Originally developed by Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation, the missile is armed with thermonucl ...

Type 53 torpedo Type 53 is the common name for a family of 53 cm (21 inch) torpedoes manufactured in Russia, starting with the 53-27 torpedo and continuing to the modern UGST (Fizik-1), which is being replaced by the Futlyar. With the exception of the UGST ...

Type 65 torpedo The Type 65 is a torpedo manufactured in the Soviet Union/Russia. It was developed for use against US Navy aircraft carrier battle groups, as well as large merchant targets such as supertankers and advanced enemy submarines. It is now typically fi ...

Type 91 torpedo The Type 91 was an aerial torpedo of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was in service from 1931 to 1945. It was used in naval battles in World War II and was specially developed for attacks on ships in shallow harbours. The Type 91 aerial torped ...

Type 92 torpedo The Type 92 torpedo was a submarine-launched torpedo used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It in ...

Type 93 torpedo The was a -diameter torpedo of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), launched from surface ships. It is commonly referred to as the Long Lance by most modern English-language naval historians, a nickname given to it after the war by Samuel Eliot Mori ...

Type 95 torpedo The Type 95 torpedo was a torpedo used by submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The Type 95 was based on the Type 93 torpedo ( ''Long Lance''); its mod 1 had a smaller and mod 2 had a larger warhead size than the Type 9 ...

Type 97 torpedo The Type 97 was a diameter torpedo used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Intended for use with Japan's ''Kō-hyōteki''-class midget submarines, the torpedo was based on the 24-inch diameter Type 93 "Long Lance" used by Japane ...

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UGM-27 Polaris The UGM-27 Polaris missile was a two-stage solid-fueled nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). As the United States Navy's first SLBM, it served from 1961 to 1980. In the mid-1950s the Navy was involved in the Jupiter missile ...

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UGM-73 Poseidon The UGM-73 Poseidon missile was the second US Navy nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) system, powered by a two-stage solid-fuel rocket. It succeeded the UGM-27 Polaris beginning in 1972, bringing major advances in warheads ...

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UGM-133 Trident II The UGM-133A Trident II, or Trident D5 is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), built by Lockheed Martin Space in Sunnyvale, California, and deployed with the US Navy, American and Royal Navy, British navies. It was first deployed in M ...

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UUM-44 SUBROC The UUM-44 SUBROC (SUBmarine ROCket) was a type of submarine-launched rocket deployed by the United States Navy as an anti-submarine weapon. It carried a 250 kiloton thermonuclear warhead configured as a nuclear depth bomb. Development SUBRO ...

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VA-111 Shkval Torpedo The VA-111 ''Shkval'' (from russian: шквал, ''squall'') torpedo and its descendants are supercavitating torpedoes originally developed by the Soviet Union. They are capable of speeds in excess of 200 knots (370 km/h or 230 miles/h). D ...

Varunastra (torpedo) The Varunastra is an Indian advanced heavyweight anti-submarine torpedo, developed by Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Navy. It is named after a legendar ...

heavy weight torpedo * VL-SRSAM short/medium range quick reaction surface-to-air missile based on

Astra (missile) Astra (Sanskrit: "weapon") is an Indian family of all weather beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation. The missile is capable of engaging targets at varying ranges from a distanc ...

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MICA (missile) The Missile d’Interception, de Combat et d’Auto-défense (English: "Interception, Combat and Self-protection Missile") or MICA is a French anti-air multi-target, all weather, fire-and-forget short and medium-range missile system manufactured b ...

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Weapon Alpha The RUR-4 "Weapon Alpha" (originally ''Weapon Able'') was an American United States Navy, naval ahead-throwing anti-submarine warfare (ASW) multiple rocket launcher, rocket launcher. It was designed between 1946 and 1949, and was installed on war ...

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*ASM - Anti-Ship Missile *CIWS - Close In Weapon System *FCS - Fire Control System *GFCS - Gun FCS *NCS - Naval Combat System *PDMS - Point Defence Missile System *SAM - Surface to Air Missile *SA-N - Surface to Air Missile (Naval) *SLBM - Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile *SSM - Surface to Surface Missile *SUM - Surface to Underwater Missile *USM - Undersurface to Surface Missile *UUM - Undersurface to Undersurface Missile

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