The Sea Skua is a British lightweight short-range air-to-surface missile (ASM) designed for use from helicopters against ships. It was primarily used by the Royal Navy on the Westland Lynx. Although the missile is intended for helicopter use, Kuwait employs it in a shore battery and on their Umm Al Maradem (Combattante BR-42) fast attack craft.
The Royal Navy withdrew the missile from active service in 2017. Its replacement, Sea Venom, entered service in 2021.
The SeaSkua is a British lightweight short-range air-to-surface missile (ASM) designed for use from helicopters against ships. It was primarily used by...
herring gull. It mainly eats fish caught at the sea surface or taken from other birds. The great skua was described from the Faroe Islands and Iceland...
aircraft took its name from the sea bird which 'divebombs' any potential predators that come too close to its nest. The Skua was designed during the mid-1930s...
The brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus), also known as the Antarctic skua, subantarctic skua, southern great skua, southern skua, or hākoakoa (Māori)...
south polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) is a large seabird in the skua family, Stercorariidae. An older name for the bird is MacCormick's skua, after explorer...
Germany's Lynx fleet were supplemented by several Westland Sea Kings, which were upgraded with SeaSkua missiles in the 1990s. In 2009, Germany was studying...
pomarinus), pomarine skua, or pomatorhine skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migrant, wintering at sea in the tropical oceans...
carry four SeaSkua Anti-ship missiles. Sea King Mk.42 Anti-submarine warfare version of the Sea King HAS.1 for the Indian Navy; 12 built. Sea King Mk.42A...
parasitic jaeger (North America) or Arctic skua (Europe) (Stercorarius parasiticus), is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migratory species...
Falklands War. ARA Alferez Sobral – a Sotoyomo-class patrol vessel damaged by SeaSkua missiles fired by Westland Lynx HAS.Mk.2/3 helicopters from HMS Glasgow...
company enjoyed some success, including development of the Rapier, SeaSkua and Sea Wolf missiles. BAC eventually expanded this division to include electronics...
February 2024, the frigate departed from the port of Wilhelmshaven for the Red Sea with about 240 people on board in order to assist the EU mission Aspides...
the comparative Roland Sea Dart (missile), designed earlier by Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Sea Eagle (missile) ASM SeaSkua ASM Sea Wolf (missile) SAM Skyflash...
Westland Lynx United Kingdom ASW / SAR Mk 300 6 Armed with either the 4 SeaSkua missile or 2 A244 torpedoes. Eurocopter Fennec France Surveillance / Utility...
was awarded to MBDA for the Sea Venom (FASGW Heavy) missile for use against vessels and land targets, replacing the SeaSkua. Both missiles are being integrated...
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