AS12 anti-ship missile Weapon Systems // Missiles/Rockets/Bombs // Anti-Ship

The French AS12/SS12 missile is used as an anti-ship and battlefield support missile. It is an enlarged SS11 that is heavier, faster and has a slightly greater range. The AS12 is the air-launched variant and the SS12 is the ship-launched version. Both variants have command-to-line-of-sight (CLOS) guidance, the operator following flares in the missile's tail and steering it with a joystick. The commands are relayed to the missile through wires that unspool from the tail while the missile...