Sea Cat missile system (early service)

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The Sea Cat missile system was an early British short-range, ship-based surface-to-air missile designed in the late 1950s to defend naval vessels against low-flying aircraft.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naval air-defence system
surface-to-air missile system
controlSystem radio command link from director
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
deploymentEnvironment maritime
designedInPeriod Cold War NERFINISHED
designer Short Brothers NERFINISHED
developmentStart late 1950s
enteredService early 1960s
enteredServiceWith Royal Navy NERFINISHED
era early guided missile era
fireControl optical director
radar-assisted director
fuzing contact fuze
proximity fuze
guidanceMethod manual command to line-of-sight
radio command guidance
guidanceType command line-of-sight
intendedRole short-range air defence
intendedTarget anti-ship missiles
low-flying aircraft
launcherConfiguration four-rail launcher
launcherType trainable launcher
launchPlatform ship-based launcher
manufacturer Short Brothers NERFINISHED
notableFeature first operational British shipborne guided surface-to-air missile
platform surface ships
propellantType solid fuel
rangeClass short range
replaced Bofors 40 mm gun on many ships
serviceBranch Argentine Navy NERFINISHED
Brazilian Navy NERFINISHED
Chilean Navy NERFINISHED
Indian Navy NERFINISHED
Peruvian Navy NERFINISHED
Royal Australian Navy NERFINISHED
Royal Malaysian Navy NERFINISHED
Royal Navy
Royal Navy of Jordan NERFINISHED
Royal Navy of Oman NERFINISHED
Royal Netherlands Navy NERFINISHED
Royal New Zealand Navy NERFINISHED
Royal Thai Navy NERFINISHED
South African Navy NERFINISHED
status retired from Royal Navy service
successor Sea Wolf missile system NERFINISHED
usedInConflict Cod Wars NERFINISHED
Falklands War NERFINISHED
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 NERFINISHED
South African Border War NERFINISHED
warheadType high-explosive fragmentation

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HMS Coventry (D118) armament Sea Cat missile system (early service)