Anti Ship Missiles
Anti Ship Missiles
Harpoon Anti Ship Missile
Last Updated: February 23, 2026The RGM-84 Harpoon is a ship-launched, all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile that was carried by Royal Navy Type 23 and Type 45 vessels. It was replaced with the Interim Surface to-Surface Guided Weapon System (I-SSGW), now Maritime Offensive Strike System (MOSS), and potentially, Future Cruise and Anti-Ship Weapon (FCASW) in the future The Harpoon surface-to-surface missile...
Martlet Missile (Lightweight Multirole Missile)
Last Updated: February 23, 2026The Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) is called Martlet in Royal Navy service. It is described by Thales as; LMM is a low cost, lightweight, precision strike, missile, which has been designed to be fired from tactical platforms including fixed or rotary winged UAVs and surface platforms. The system is designed to provide a rapid...
Naval Strike Missile (NSM)
Last Updated: January 21, 2026The Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is a stealthy Norwegian developed fifth-generation anti-ship and land-attack missile produced by Kongsberg, entering Royal Navy service in 2024 as an interim replacement for the retired Harpoon. Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Development Development of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) started in the late 1990s as a successor to the Penguin...
Sea Skua Anti Ship Missile
Last Updated: February 23, 2026The Sea Skua, a British lightweight helicopter-launched anti-ship missile developed by British Aerospace, armed the Royal Navy’s Westland Lynx helicopters from 1982 until its retirement in 2017. The Egyptian attack on the Israeli destroyer Eilat (formerly HMS Zealous) from the Komar class fast attack craft using SS-N-2 (Styx) or P-15 anti-ship missiles in 1967 drew...
Sea Venom Anti Ship Missile
Last Updated: February 23, 2026Sea Venom is an advanced replacement for the battle-proven Sea Skua air-to-surface missile, equipping Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters Sea Venom is the name for the Future Air to Surface Guided Weapon – Heavy (FASGW(H)), a replacement for Sea Skua. MBDA describe it as; Capable of defeating the most challenging target set presented by today’s open...
STRATUS
Last Updated: February 23, 2026STRATUS missiles are a family of next-generation European cruise and anti-ship weapons developed by MBDA, comprising a stealthy subsonic low-observable variant (STRATUS LO) and a supersonic rapid-strike variant (STRATUS RS). Selectable Precision Effects at Range (SPEAR) Capability 5 The UK The Selectable Precision Effects at Range (SPEAR) programme was in the concept phase by 2005,...