Type 80 Air-to-Ship Missile (80式空対艦誘導弾, ASM-1) is an air-launched

anti-ship missile An anti-ship missile (AShM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea skimming variety, and many use a combination of inertial guidance and active radar homing. A goo ...

developed by

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group and its automobile division is the predecessor of Mitsubishi Mo ...

. It entered service with the

Japan Air Self-Defense Force The , , also informally referred to as the Japanese Air Force, is the air and space branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace, other air and space operations, cyberwarfare and electronic warf ...

in 1980. The major launch platforms for the Type 80 are the Mitsubishi F-1,

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F-4EJ ''Kai'' and Mitsubishi F-2. The missile is primarily intended as an air-launched coastal defence weapon. In fact it is somewhat more capable than this, able to engage both sea and land targets such as buildings and bridges. The Type 80 also serves as the basis of several other weapons; it forms part of the ground-launched SSM-1 system and was also developed into the Type 88 SSM (Surface-to-Ship Missile), the Type 90 SSM (Ship-to-Ship Missile), and the 91 and 93 ASMs (Air-to-Ship Missile). The ASM-1 will be replaced by the ASM-3 currently in development.

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*https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/type-80.htm Anti-ship missiles of Japan Military equipment introduced in the 1980s {{Missile-stub

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