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Sea Killer / Marte

Missiles And Guided Munitions

Sea Killer is a family of Italian anti-ship missiles, whose latest development is known as Marte. Marte is a sea-skimming, subsonic anti-ship missile carrying a semi-armor-piercing warhead of about 70 kilograms. It has been built in several versions with differing guidance systems and can be launched from either ships or aircraft. 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
Sea-skimming anti-ship missile 1
Introduced Year
1977 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Guided Missile 1
Connections

Used In

Iran-Iraq War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Sea Killer / Marte
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Manufactured By

MBDA

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Sea Killer / Marte
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Sea Killer / Marte
  • Article text
    Marte entered service with the Italian Navy in 1977, with its Sikorsky SH-3 Sea Kings being fitted with two Sea Killer Mark 2 missiles.
  • Lead section
    Sea Killer is an Italian anti-ship missile family. The latest development of the system is known as Marte.
  • Used In: Iran-Iraq War, infobox wars field: 'Iran-Iraq War'
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Wikidata: Sea Killer / Marte
Wikidata Q3849976, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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