MBDA at DEFEA 2021: Exocet MM40 Block 3C and Coastal Defense System

At DEFEA 2021 in Athens, Greece, MBDA is showcasing the Exocet MM40 Block 3C anti-ship missile as well as its Exocet Coastal Defense System.
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The EXOCET MOBILE COASTAL DEFENCE SYSTEM provides rapidly relocatable, vehicle mounted capabilities to deny access to surface threats in littoral and strategic areas. The system is based on the latest version of the EXOCET MM40 BLOCK 3 missile in operational service with several navies around the world. EXOCET MM40 BLOCK 3 provides enhanced operational performance utilising advanced technologies.
EXOCET MM40 BLOCK 3’s mission planning automatically computes the required engagement plans to support firing decisions.
• 200 km class effective operational range.
• Anti-ship (as well as littoral and coastal operations).
• Outstanding penetration capability against enemy air defences
The EXOCET MOBILE COASTAL DEFENCE SYSTEM comprises its own sensors (radar, EOS, AIS) for autonomous operations and/or connection to a wider C3I system.
The basic system architecture comprises:
- 1 x Mobile Sensors Unit
- 1 x Mobile Control Unit
- 2 x Mobile Firing Units each with 4 missiles
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[@miketm8200]

Perfect for the Greek islands!

[@redblueyankee8343]

What about Bal-E?

[@user-vu8zn1eq3c]

Yes

[@kentershackle1329]

A Legendary missle system, nearly brought down the Mighty Royal Navy to its knees and totally revolutionized Naval Defence n Tactics

[@tq6407]

Wrong

[@paultanton4307]

While the Exocet threat may have been seriously underestimated by the Royal Navy to it's cost Argentina,according to the best intellegence at the time, only possessed 5 Air Launched and whatever Systems that could be taken off Ships and converted to Shore Batteries ( HMS Glamorgan incident ) ,they couldn't sustain enough losses on the RN to put it out of the Fight without exhausting their limited stocks.

[@kentershackle1329]

@@paultanton4307 Yes, agreed. BUT we are talking about the STAR of the show. The Missle itself. Dang the French, sabotaging their own missile supply🤭.

[@loyalist5736]

@Master Mariner Whats wrong is it never brought the RN to its knees not even close .

[@tq6407]

@Master Mariner did some damage to the navy, but remember no close in weapons systems at the time. The harriers won the air to air battles. The missile is still in production but less lethal range.

[@jonathanwilder5246]

The Exocet is one of mans all time amazing technological accomplishments.

[@georgen7467]

More defea plzz

[@stangarcia]

Top

[@crewcutter2030]

Still formidable even today.

[@dutch6390]

THE FRENCH POWER !!! 💪 🇨🇵 👍 For YOU

[@panteleimonorfanos]

Εxocet is Awesome 💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@KritischerLeser96]

The costal system should be deployed to Odessa. This would really showcase the system.

[@Krypton1996]

Welcome to new Exocet AShM

[@hj.maryatimaryati7181]

👍

[@alecxander6381]

Can the battery work fully autonomously, getting targeting info from an suv, ship, further radar? Which means it can stay hidden, drive to the coast, launch and drive to another point in a few minutes?

[@bernardrocque6025]

Je pense puisqu'il peut être tiré à partir d'un sous-marin !

[@donkoh5738]

-in future... the robot sentry will wake up @ 0500, give itself a quick recharge, launch the routine morning recon drone, which upon detects a target it doesn't like and then relays the coordinates to the awaiting unmanned Excocet launcher jeep accordingly, which then rapidly drives said rail to the appropriate coastal launch point to await further commands. Oui- nope

[@donkoh5738]

Modified Air-launched variant avec a modern Brimstone-type seeker(?) for the high value time-sensitive ground role ??

[@kingdomkhmer9862]

KingDom Khmer👍yes😍🙏

[@rubiconklbrutorowman7577]

Sound very scary if I were sailing frigate or even destroyer!

[@paolavilela2180]

Argentina todavía tiene unas varias docenas de misiles exocet en su arsenal comprados después de la guerra de malvinas exocet am 39

[@CubiT0X]

Tienen fecha de vencimiento... solo espero que no sea tiempo cumplido..

[@watermirror]

Block 3C, the moment I saw "C" I expected a 299km range

[@ofcn4488]

No. 180KM.

[@watermirror]

@@ofcn4488 I know, that's why I expected 299km

[@yzyz7779]

Just different software,range on paper not accurate, different between country and war situations,new software look good for training we should try the latest one

[@AlexAnastaso]

Thats my point with greek frigates. U buy coastal batteries and you put them in islands and you give on the ships only air defense missiles aster, in this way you create a safe checkpoint that you can make your jets to travel with fuel tanks without get intercepted by enemy forces and drop the fuel tanks

[@georgen7467]

No

[@georgen7467]

See this doesn't work

[@georgen7467]

Simple coastal batteries I like the idea I have images of known ssm in different islands in Greece but they are stationary easy for artillery on the ship they are protected on the land no

[@chrisd997]

Αλεξ το πν ξέρει και υπάρχουν ήδη στρατηγικές με συστήματα εγκατεστημένα εδώ κ πολλά χρόνια

[@avkk2314]

Greece is also interested in Brahmos .

[@sankujamatia525]

lol It's one of the most overhyped missile.

[@YouCanFadeOutAndRunaway]

I have concerns on the functionality after the payload has been depleted.

[@chrisd997]

Nobody cares about your opinion . Get a life and let professionals worry about it .

[@MuhamadRamandani]

why only 200km? why not more, may be 280km or 300km ?

[@ismt101]

Original range is classified i'm pretty sure

[@MuhamadRamandani]

​@@ismt101 yes I believe it too, but I mean, if it is for marketing, why not you increase the range on paper? like the other competitor.. you know who

[@ismt101]

@@MuhamadRamandani well more range of an anti-ship missile is useless if the acquisition radar couldn't catch the target because of earth's curvature

[@stealth225]

I think it's sea skim range( low-low-low), if it chooses another flight path (hi-hi-low) for eg it could have more range but it tradeoffs survivability for it and the same technique can be used by other missiles also

[@possiblyadickhead6653]

@@ismt101 I mean technically there is over the horizon radar, as well as airborne radars and even satellites

[@cesaravegah3787]

The Exocet is a great missile...until the French decides to deny You techinical support and give your enemy all the data needed to counter it, ask the Argentinians about how it went on the Falklands war.

[@cesaravegah3787]

@@olivierpuyou3621 Actually I was on the UK side on that war, also I am all for UK and French friendship, that doesnt means that French is a reliable weaponry provider, is not and any third nation wishing realible service and suppot must look elsewhere.

[@Klliansimabras]

@@cesaravegah3787 You just need another great war and France-Britain alliance will be high (but never Franco-British Union).

[@cesaravegah3787]

@@Klliansimabras Yikes, no, I really don't want to watch any other major war, yeah, I am weird and like weapons and war machines a lot but I am a kind of pacifist, oh well, we all have our contradictions... anyways, again, French weapons are very good but their post-sale support for other countries is not that good sometimes....anyways I wish You a nice weekend, peace and prosperity for free France,.may always be friend with all the democracies on the world, including the limeys. :)

[@Klliansimabras]

@@cesaravegah3787 Consequence of China's invasion of Taiwan can destroy the balance of power in the world. If USA begin to lose many allies after the war (if he fail to protect Taiwan), maybe Russia and China will be happy to start a war and write the next rules of the world for their benefit.

[@cesaravegah3787]

@@Klliansimabras Jeez, You really know how to cheer people don't You? the world under américa imperialismo is part good parte Bad, under china/russia imperialism it would be pure hello.

[@shivas3003]

tu m'étonnes que les anglo-saxons se foutent de nos gueulent et nous volent des contrats. vous avez vu le gars ? On dirais "Gérard éleveur de veau à Grosville dans le Grosland". Vous etes sérieux les industriels avec un gars qui parle à peine anglais et qui ressemble à un agriculteur ? En plus ça se sens, ça se vois et ça s'entend qu'il est totalement incompétent... il récites un texte par coeur (en fin je dis par coeur, il ne le connais meme pas par coeur) On est en 2021 et franchement l'image de la France à l'étranger depuis 70 ans n'a jamais changé .... et ça ne risque pas de changer.

[@ey6713]

La question c'est que pourquoi naval group parle une langue étrangère

[@franckbabin951]

Je ne pense pas que les anglo-saxons rigolent beaucoup à propos de l'Exocet. La frégate américaine USS Stark à été mis hors de combat par 2 Exocet irakien et le destroyer britannique HMS Sheffield à été coulé par un Exocet argentin.

[@shivas3003]

@@franckbabin951.... Le rapport avec ce que je dis ?

[@shivas3003]

@@ey6713 c'est soit : 1- tu sais couramment parler anglais, soit 2- tu ne sais pas parler Anglais et tu t'exprimes dans la langue de ton pays et tu fais appel a un traducteur compétant . Mais mettre un éleveur de porc normand n'ayant jamais appris l'anglais de sa vie pour vendre des armes .... ça représente quoi ? ces gens doivent tellement se moquer de nous ...

[@loyalist5736]

Most countries are looking for an antiship missile that can also attack land targets and I'm afraid this missile does not come up to scratch.

[@ItsRawdraft2]

Lmao shut it Mr Market Analyst

[@bernardrocque6025]

il peut aussi tirer des cibles terrestres .

[@garwhittaker3743]

@Rawdraft2 Not my analysis but the Royal navy who were looking at it ...Now pipe down you beaut .

[@brunol-p_g8800]

@@garwhittaker3743 as already answered, it can also target land targets

[@kornofulgur]

Il faut en envoyer en Ukraine.

[@jorgepeters7474]

Isn't it funny how every arms dealers love Greece....mmmmmmm!

[@tjololot3761]

Probably due to the fact that Greece has Turkey as a neighbor while the rest of the European countries Malta, Luxembourg.....or even better....Switzerland

[@captaingreek]

@Zamcak Who is afraid?

[@cagatay518]

@@captaingreek All Europe is afraid of capability and braveness of great Greek army and armada I think. This is why they have given Turks the know-how of the technologies but not to Greeks. Respect.

[@captaingreek]

@@cagatay518 Well if that was true Turkey would build high quality and high tech weapons. They don't. They are using parts from other countries. Canada and Austria stopped providing them with equipment for their UAV and they had to find another market. The same with their tanks and helicopters, for which they didn't have engines. They were even buying spare parts for their F16 that were made in Greece and were sold by Lockheed Martin to them! But what is true is that they have a huge industry. And also, as you very well said, no one wants Greece to have industry. Or pump the oil ourselves. They want us to work for them. Either in Greece or abroad (this is called brain drain).

[@cagatay518]

@@captaingreek it was partly true that Canada stopped selling them camera though they are too late. They already developed their own vision and targeting subsystem called "aselsan-cats". they begin to use that with newer drones. A little bit heavier but more capable. For F16 you are right that they buy some spare parts. but they were also co-producers of that plane (just like F35) since 80s. They even now modernize them by themselves with intelligent avionic systems . Better (or worse) they also developed 2 different air to air missile for these planes (called Bozdogan and Gokdogan, range of 40 and 80kms) and made tests last month. Furthermore They initiated another project to develop a similar missile to meteor missile called gokhan. But i don't know when they will finish. Also 2 days ago baykar company of them announced that they finished first concept design of a unmanned sheath jet fighter drone. For first product they purchase motor from Ukraine. You are right that other countries uses Greece as a market and outpost. You should not bow these elite capitalists, infact they are the greater evil. it is a hard situation, anyways. Take care, Pal. Peace.

[@Ry_TSG]

Exocet missile seems mediocre at best

[@anchorpoint5871]

Ask the british navy or the American navy....they can answer that...

[@AugmentedGravity]

@@anchorpoint5871 In todays world...

[@zied6456]

Ok vlado take your pills 💊💊 !

[@paulsteaven]

With the advent of hypersonic and supersonic anti-ship cruise missile? Might be. But remember, its one of the few combat proven anti-ship missiles that is still in service today.

[@AugmentedGravity]

@@paulsteaven hypersonic and supersonic doesn't mean the best. Such an overused, overhyped statement.