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
designer Short Brothers
developmentStart late 1950s
enteredService early 1960s
enteredServiceWith Royal Navy
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
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
Brazilian Navy
Chilean Navy
Indian Navy
Peruvian Navy
Royal Australian Navy
Royal Malaysian Navy
Royal Navy
Royal Navy of Jordan
Royal Navy of Oman
Royal Netherlands Navy
Royal New Zealand Navy
Royal Thai Navy
South African Navy
status retired from Royal Navy service
successor Sea Wolf missile system
usedInConflict Cod Wars
Falklands War
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
South African Border War
warheadType high-explosive fragmentation

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HMS Coventry (D118) armament Sea Cat missile system (early service)
HMS Devonshire (D02) armament Sea Cat surface-to-air missile system
linked to: Sea Cat missile system (early service)
Type 21 frigate armament Sea Cat surface-to-air missile system
linked to: Sea Cat missile system (early service)
Rapier surface-to-air missile developedFrom Seacat missile system
linked to: Sea Cat missile system (early service)
HMS Argonaut armament Sea Cat surface-to-air missiles
linked to: Sea Cat missile system (early service)
HMS Antelope armament Sea Cat surface-to-air missiles
linked to: Sea Cat missile system (early service)
HMS Ardent armament Sea Cat surface-to-air missile system
linked to: Sea Cat missile system (early service)