Cruise//Anti-ship
ID — EXOCET-MM40-BLOCK-3France · MBDA
MM40 Block 3
Subsonic sea-skimming anti-ship missile with extended range and limited land-attack capability.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- Exocet MM40 Block 3
- Alias
- MM40 Block 3
- Manufacturer
- MBDA
- Country
- France
- Year
- 2008
- Category
- Cruise
- All sub-types
- Anti-ship
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 200 km
- Top speed
- Mach 0.93
- Guidance
- INS + GPS + radar attivo + sea-skimming
- Warhead
- HE 165 kg
- CEP
- 1 m
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- Nave (canister) / sottomarino / aereo / lanciatore costiero
- Length
- 5.8 m
- Launch weight
- 780 kg
- Unit cost
- 2.5 M USD
Production & inventory
- Annual production
- ≈40-60/anno (MBDA La Plaine)
- Estimated inventory
- Oltre 4.500 esemplari prodotti dal 1979
- Unit cost
- 2.5 M USD
Combat use
- ▸Falklands 1982 — HMS Sheffield and Atlantic Conveyor sunk.
- ▸Persian Gulf 1987 — USS Stark hit (37 dead) by an Iraqi Mirage F1.
- ▸Iran-Iraq War, Libya 1986, Iraq 1991, Yemen 2016.
Tags
Anti-ship
Main operators
FranceEgyptUAEBrazil
History
Exocet gained world attention in the Falklands (1982) sinking HMS Sheffield and Atlantic Conveyor. Block 3 doubles the range with a Microturbo TR40 turbojet.
Multiple waypoints and limited land-attack capability make it a flexible tool for mid-tier navies.
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