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Ikara (missile)

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The Ikara, named after an Australian Aboriginal word meaning throwing stick, was an Australian ship-launched anti-submarine missile designed around 1959-60 and produced in the early 1960s. It carried an acoustic homing torpedo out to a maximum range of ten nautical miles, letting a ship attack a submarine without closing to the shorter ranges that would otherwise put the launching vessel at risk, and it was operated by the Royal Australian Navy, Royal Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, Brazilian Navy and Chilean Navy from the 1960s until it was phased out in the early 1990s as its torpedoes became obsolete. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Guided Missile 1
Weapon Class (category)
Submarine / Naval Vessel 1
Weapon Class
Ship-launched anti-submarine missile 1
Introduced YearSourced to the subject's own account
1960 2
Classification
Service Status
Retired 1
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Royal Navy, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: Ikara (missile)
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1. Wikipedia: Ikara (missile)
  • Service-status attribute (ikara-missile)
    It carried an acoustic homing torpedo out to a maximum range of ten nautical miles, letting a ship attack a submarine without closing to the shorter ranges that would otherwise put the launching vessel at risk, and it was operated by the Royal Australian Navy, Royal Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, Brazilian Navy and Chilean Navy from the 1960s until it was phased out in the early 1990s as its torpedoes became obsolete.
  • Introduction
    was an Australian ship-launched anti-submarine missile designed around 1959-60
  • Operated By: Royal Navy, Infobox, used by and service fields
    Infobox lists: Royal Navy
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2. Ikara (missile) (Wikidata)
WikidataWikidata Q961588 (P729 service entry): 1960
Quote, Wikidata Q961588 (P729 service entry): 1960
Service entry (Wikidata property P729): 1960.
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Wikidata: Ikara (missile)
Wikidata Q961588, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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