New submarine-launched SM40 Exocet missile

[@joso5554]

Excellent upgrade !! The Exocet family keeps up with its legend.

[@phil_nebula676]

Perfect weapon for the Export-oriented Scorpene-class submarine and the French Navy Suffren (Baracuda)-class submarines.

[@LiamCamilleri-q1w]

Exocet missiles are battle proven and renowned for being accurate and practically impossible to counter against. Once it's launched it hits!! In the Falklands war it was a nightmare for UK 🇬🇧 , it destroyed multiple ships. Iraq war vs Iran, the Iraqis used it and destroyed irans ships and infrastructure. European Union 🇪🇺 is closley monitoring Philippines 🇵🇭. We have business with China but if the Philippines sovereignty and integrity is treathened rest assure the exocet will be 1 of many technologies that will be given to Philippines 🇵🇭.

[@kindnuguz]

Thank you MBDA for your continued support

[@topgreen3950]

The target model is type 55 destroyers of china's pla navy ship😊this is perfect for ph navy naval group submarine for ph navy

[@TheGreatMarathaArmy]

120KM Range is excellent......This going to be Indian Navy's Next Generation Anti-ship missile for SCORPENE CLASS Submarines.

[@dutch6390]

The French Power !!! MBDA !!! 💪 🇫🇷 👍 😘

[@dykatran]

That target ship looks like a Type 055 destroyer.

[@CardSharkOfficial]

What is the rationale and the benefit behind shortening the missile compared with the surface-surface model? From what I get even the MM40 is still significantly smaller than a MdCN , which fits just fine in the same sort of phase change capsule, and into the ammo berths aboard the submarine. I understand the expected use it as a defenive short-ish range system, but woulnd't it be better to have the option to launch them at targets further away when the sub wants to?

[@karakarakiri9568]

Because the solid fuel propulsion take more space. So, it's shorter. And why not take all the spare place ? Probably because they wanted it to be within the same weight limits. It basically goes as far as the Harpoon, Harpoon goes a little furthe because it is slower, while the Exocet is a little faster. Same things with the MdCN vs Tomahawk.

[@CardSharkOfficial]

@karakarakiri9568 the new model is propelled by a turbojet, mate, that's the whole point, you can even see the air intakes

[@exoticloop]

@@CardSharkOfficial most sub based missiles have an initial solid rocket booster to gain speed

[@Naylamp21]

Excellent news !!!

[@ArnaudMEURET]

We (France) are a peace-loving country. People, please don't do anything stupid with the toys we make.

[@hansmeyer7225]

You know this is very unlikely...

[@Opitoukisskiss]

Do you ever ever hear of a country speaking of itself as a peace-hating country ?

[@DanielBordas-h9m]

Thankyou for the Good Description,,,, unfortunately you didn't give me a price? My Country may be interested...😊

[@ioanbota9397]

So powerful I like it

[@avb4805]

Excellent 😊

[@Nainara32]

Stephan asserts that the missile is designed for the next 30 years, but I wonder if the detection part of ASW will increasingly become the domain of semi-attritable drones saturating the ocean hotspots in the next couple of decades.

[@joso5554]

Increased range brings part of the answer to this. Countering drone ASW will require other answers too.

[@WalterBurton]

👍👍👍

[@zinoudz1275]

You had to ask about the coast

[@CC-ns2ds]

I’m sure the French language is just 80% “uuuuuuuhhhhh” 🤌🇫🇷

[@antibash691]

And English is 'ummmh'

[@CC-ns2ds]

@ yeh but in English it sounds like some of us are missing brain cells at least in French in sounds intellectual 😂

[@antibash691]

@@CC-ns2ds 😂

[@GuigEspritDuSage]

Typical Parisian accent but in English!

[@Licanray-q7u]

Pienso que un misil con un alcance de 120 kms no es una arma de auto defensa del submarino. Porque enviar a un helo a esa distancia para destruir un submarino es mejor evadir el contacto.

[@Erik-rp1hi]

Well don't sell them to Argentina.

[@jeanvaljean9293]

Since we can’t sell those to Australia… do we have a choice ? 😂😂😂

[@189951]

🤭🤭🤭🤣

[@michelCalteau]

​@@jeanvaljean9293Bonne réponse !

[@gorkarullan]

Spain should buy some dicents of this... ythis look better then teh harrpon

[@hourbee5535]

Are there any American made components in that thing?

[@wewillworld522]

U need some chipset plan ?!? 😂❤

[@ZaphodHarkonnen]

Probably not. Precisely to avoid US ITAR complications.

[@edsutherland8266]

No, the French sensibly avoid using American components wherever possible.

[@avb4805]

No itar free... french modo

[@jeanvaljean9293]

Careful, itar free doesn’t mean us component free. If the us put more spares into the itar list they become a problem so france avoid any us parts but that’s not always the case. France hade issues selling the scalp/storm shadow to Egypt due to a simple component just integrated into itar. Nothing special about it just cheaper since france has managed to deal with the us. The truth is that france can do itar free but us free is complicated as stated by the dga.

[@imthecaptainnow6446]

150 is nothing compared to 220 km turkish atmaca submarine missle 😂

[@GuigEspritDuSage]

Hello, SM40 is not the full exocet offensive version, in the video, the MBDA seller repeats that's the mini-exocet, a defensive anti-ship missile (probably with reduced cost). They simply are not the same kind of missile, SM40 is a mini missile that is launch within a torpedo tube! So it does not require dedicated missile launch tubes on the submarine. full sized exocet as well than ATMACA requires dedicated launch tubes! Additionally, according to rocketsan (the manufacturer): "Developed to meet the operational needs of surface warfare, ATMACA is a high-precision anti-ship missile that can be integrated into assault boats, frigates and corvettes." (they do no speak about the sub-launched version on the main page) and after a short search, it seems that the sub launched version oh ATMACA is still in very early phase, maybe the dev does not even started for now, and so we don't know what kind of performance it will have. Full range exocet (MM40) are also a 200km+ class missile with the block 3 variant and newer since 2007/2008.

[@redblueyankee8343]

And 220 km of atmaca is nothing compared to 300km of yj-83jb, 500 km of yj 12, 600km of yj 18, 400km of type 12 or 400km of hf-3 😂

[@kentony7672]

Well if 726-4 shipborne esm of pla vessels detects its seeker emission in time the attack won't be such smooth😂.

[@irfanfiratfirat6200]

Atmaca better than this missile

[@autoastro8461]

stupid comment ATMACA cannot be used by a submarine and a ATMACA is not war proven unlike the EXOCET family

[@redblueyankee8343]

And? Türkiye has always been Europe's mortal enemy, so sooner or later we will know who is better than the other. At least Exocet has experience in combat and was even consulted by China to design their YJ-82 in 80s and 90s

[@Schurkie505]

a range of 120 km, is way to short, at least 2 times the distance is needed to attack a wel defended target, The Netherlands has bought 4 french subs, but we want a US long range anti ship missile, but the US doesn't want to share the technical details of the cruise missle with France, so we are fucked....

[@Prometheus4096]

False. Both France and the US have both short and long range missiles, alongside torpedo's. It is just that a long range missile will be much slower and easier to intercept. The sub commander will have to decide when to get close and use a short range weapon, or when to use a less reliable long range weapon, but stay safer.

[@GarWhittaker]

No country with a decent navy would fire one of these from a submarine and give their position away.

[@PascalBEDOS-fl4bp]

Vous êtes very,very,very, incompréhensibles . Je zape !!!

[@CoulibalyKorotoum-l9v]

Je préfère le ATMACA TURQUE

[@ph390]

une merde......

[@avb4805]

Non il es moche comme les turk... 😂

[@tylerdurden4006]

Ridiculous you think a missile from the 70's and 80's is "new" 😂😂😂 sure is a lot of cgi as usual from "murican military power" memes. 😂😂

[@tylerdurden4006]

@DomWood why do muricans always have to ask "what" now matter what is said?

[@tylerdurden4006]

@DomWood do you really not know the exocet is really really old? Roflmfao okay cool story bro 👍

[@gustavoneves2278]

And the tomhawk are also from the 70's!!! And its one of the most advanced of the world, there are many versions!!!

[@tylerdurden4006]

@gustavoneves2278 roflmfao, it is not one of the most advanced. Do you not know Russia's come with radar jamming and even flare counter measures now? No? Okay cool story bro 👍

[@tylerdurden4006]

@gustavoneves2278 in case you haven't noticed, all western missiles have failed against Russia in the last 10 years of ukraine civil war. 🤷