The Sea Skua is a British lightweight, short range, air to surface missile designed for use from helicopters against ships. It was used primarily by the Royal Navy aboard the Westland Lynx helicopter. Although designed for helicopter use, Kuwait also employs the missile from a shore battery and from its Umm Al Maradem class fast attack craft. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Sea Skua is a British lightweight short-range air-to-surface missile (ASM) designed for use from helicopters against ships.
Development, Short-range weapon section
in July 1981, full-scale production was ordered of the new missile, now called "Sea Skua".
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The Royal Navy withdrew the missile from active service in 2017.
Used In: Falklands War, Infobox, wars field
Infobox wars field lists: Falklands War
Used In: Gulf War, Infobox, wars field
Infobox wars field lists: Gulf War
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