Sea Venom (missile)

The Sea Venom, also called the Sea Venom/ANL from the French anti-navire leger meaning light anti-ship, is a helicopter-launched antiship cruise missile developed jointly by the French and British navies. It is designed for use against smaller, lighter ships such as fast attack vessels and corvettes, and it is intended to replace the British Sea Skua and the French AS15TT antiship weapons. The French defence minister announced the first successful test firing in a statement on 4 July 2017, describing a test on 21 June 2017 in which the 20 kilometre range missile was pushed to the very edge of its range capability according to the manufacturer's programme head. Further tests were planned to challenge the operator-in-the-loop capabilities of the missile, such as re-targeting and abort actions. The source is a short news item from 2017, so later service details are not covered here.