Exocet Missile Developments

[NMaude]

I'm pretty sure the SubHarpoon has a booster

I'm not referring to the launch booster attached to the UGM-84 to launch it from 21" launch-capsule but seperate booster (The Mk-106 used on the UGM-109 when it went into service) attached to the 21" launch-capsule itself just like the VSM motor for the sub-launched SM-38 variant of the Exocet.

but I'm not sure which booster it is.

The R/UGM-84 used the A/B44G-2 or -3 solid-propellant rocket booster which had thrust of 12000 lb for 2.9 sec.

 

[zjz]

The Sub-Harpoon uses the same booster as surface launched version....

The difference between Exocet VSM and Sub-Harppon capsule is that the former has a rocket propelled TVC for the underwater phase, while the Sub-Harpoon capsule is un-powered that relies on buoyancy to "float up and broach" the water surface .....

Some discussions on Harpoon here :

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/about-the-harpoon-block-1d.39311/

 

[zjz]

Exocet in Euronaval 2024 .....

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8xLCDhefp8

 

[Forest Green]

Indonesia Fires Exocet at Land Target for the First Time - Naval News

In a historic first, the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) successfully used Exocet MM40 Block 3 Anti-Ship Missile in a coastal-attack mode...

www.navalnews.com

 

[zjz]

Indonesia Fires Exocet at Land Target for the First Time - Naval News

In a historic first, the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) successfully used Exocet MM40 Block 3 Anti-Ship Missile in a coastal-attack mode...

www.navalnews.com

The first photo shows a vertical dive, while the lower-left photo shows otherwise .... could be the perspective and view of the camera angles?

 

[Cthell]

The first photo shows a vertical dive, while the lower-left photo shows otherwise .... could be the perspective and view of the camera angles?

Looks like a perspective trick on the first pair of photos; the second camera is facing at right angles to the first so captures the actual impact angle.

 

[Forest Green]

Looks like a perspective trick on the first pair of photos; the second camera is facing at right angles to the first so captures the actual impact angle.

Yes, in the first photo the second camera is filming from the righthand side, from where that white streak rises towards the peak of the cliff.