Sea Breaker (missile)
| Sea/Ice Breaker | |
|---|---|
| Type | Anti-ship missile Land-attack missile Surface-to-surface missile |
| Place of origin | Israel |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Rafael Advanced Defense Systems |
| Manufacturer | Rafael Advanced Defense Systems |
| Variants | Ship-launched Surface-launched Air-launched |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 400 kg (880 lb) |
| Length | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Diameter | 0.35 m (1.1 ft) |
| Warhead | 113 kg (249 lb) |
| Engine | TRI-60 Turbojet |
Operational range | Surface/Sea/Air Platform - 300 km (190 mi; 160 nmi)[1] |
| Flight altitude | Sea skimming |
| Maximum speed | high subsonic |
Guidance system | GPS / INS / TERCOM + IIR |
Launch platform | Ship and land-based mobile launchers. |
Sea Breaker is a fifth generation precision-guided, autonomous, long-range anti ship and land attack missile system. It is being designed and developed by Rafael Advanced Defence Systems. It can be launched from either ships or land.[2] [3][4][5][6][7] The air launched version of this missile is known as Ice Breaker.[8]
See also
[edit]- Harpoon – (United States)
- R-360 Neptune – (Ukraine)
- Kh-35 – (Russia)
- AGM-158C LRASM – (United States)
- Exocet – (France)
- Sea Eagle – (United Kingdom)
- Naval Strike Missile – (Norway)
- RBS 15 – (Sweden)
- Otomat – (Italy, France)
- C-802 – (China)
- Type 80 air-to-ship missile – (Japan)
- Type 88 surface-to-ship missile – (Japan)
- Type 90 ship-to-ship missile – (Japan)
- Type 93 air-to-ship missile – (Japan)
- SSM-700K C-Star – (South Korea)
- Atmaca – (Turkey)
- Hsiung Feng II – (Taiwan)
- Hsiung Feng III – (Taiwan)
References
[edit]- ^ "DSEI 2021: Rafael Showcases Sea Breaker Missile". NAVAL NEWS. 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Rafael's Sea Breaker 'Autonomous Missile'". EurAsian Times. 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Rafael unveils fifth generation missile system 'Sea Breaker'". THE HANS INDIA. 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Rafael Positions Sea Breaker as a Multi-Domain, Counter A2AD Cruise Missile". Defence update. 30 June 2021.
- ^ "DSEI 2021: Rafael Showcases Sea Breaker Missile". NAVAL NEWS. 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Rafael unveils Sea Breaker advanced autonomous long-range missile system". Janes. 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems unveils Sea Breaker, 5th generation missile with 300 km range". TIMES NOW. 30 June 2021.
- ^ "EDR magazine - Ice breaker cruise missile".