Sea Eagle
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| General Information | |
| Type | Anti-ship missile |
| Manufacturer | British Aerospace |
| development | 1976 |
| Commissioning | 1985 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 4140 mm |
| diameter | 400 mm |
| Combat weight | 600 kg |
| span | 1200 mm |
| drive | Microturbo TRI-60 turbojet |
| speed | Mach 0.85 |
| Range | 110 km |
| Furnishing | |
| Target location | Inertial navigation platform plus data updates during the cruise flight plus active radar target search |
| Warhead | 230 kg armor piercing |
| Weapon platforms | Blackburn B-103 Buccaneer , Hawker Siddeley Harrier , Panavia Tornado , SEPECAT Jaguar , Sea King , Ilyushin Il-38 , A-36M Halcon , BAE Hawk |
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The Sea Eagle is an anti-ship missile that was developed by British Aerospace in 1976 .
description
It is based on the AS.37 Martel , whose cell it uses. But unlike the Martel, the Sea Eagle does not use a solid rocket motor, but a jet engine that gives it a range of 110 km. To do this, an air inlet for the engine had to be created on the belly of the Eagle.
A radar seeker and an inertial navigation system are used. The detonator is set so that it only explodes inside the ship. It was designed so that ships up to the size of aircraft carriers can be sunk. Production started in 1982. In 1985 the Sea Eagle was officially put into service with the Royal Navy . In 2000 the MoD announced that the Sea Eagle would be retired. The reason given was that the Cold War has ended. Since the Sea Eagle was developed according to operational tactics from this war, it is no longer usable.
In India a special version of the Sea Eagle is used. It was developed for use by the Sea King helicopter . A booster was installed on both sides next to the air inlet for the engine . India also uses its Sea Eagle on the Ilyushin Il-38 and Tu-142 .
In 2007 they were tested by the Chilean Air Force , where they were tested on the A-36M Halcon . However, they were not put into service with the Chilean armed forces . It was also tested on different versions of the BAE Hawk .
Countries of operation
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ [1] Report on janes.com from April 2000
- ↑ See picture
