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Aircraft Weapon System Sea Venom / ANL (Anti-Navire Léger) - Anti-Ship Missile |
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Sea Venom is an Anglo-French lightweight
anti-ship missile developed by MBDA to equip the French Navy and the
Royal Navy. The missile is known as Anti-Navire Léger (ANL) in
France and Sea Venom (formerly Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon
(Heavy)) in the United Kingdom. Initial operating capability is
expected with the Royal Navy in 2022. The first test launch,
conducted from an AS365 Dauphin owned by France's DGA defence
procurement agency, successfully occurred on 21 June 2017. Design: Sea Venom is designed as a successor to the French Navy's AS 15 TT and Royal Navy's Sea Skua missiles. When in service, Sea Venom will equip Panther and NH90 helicopters in the French Navy and Wildcat helicopters in the Royal Navy. Due to shared characteristics with its predecessors, MBDA claims Sea Venom will be able to readily integrate onto platforms already carrying Sea Skua and AS 15 TT. Much like its predecessors, Sea Venom is designed to attack surface targets, such as fast in-shore attack craft (FIACS) ranging in size of between 50-500 tonnes, as well as larger surface targets of up to corvette size. With its 30 kg warhead, the missile is also capable of inflicting significant damage to larger vessels through precision aim point selection, and can also attack static land-based targets. Whilst its precise range is currently unknown, MBDA has stated that the missile has a "long" stand-off range enabling it to be launched from beyond the reach of most modern air defence systems. The missile is capable of several attack modes including sea skimming and "pop up/top attack." Sea Venom uses an IR Seeker with the option of man in the loop track-via-missile guidance via data-link; the high speed two-way data-link transmits the images "seen" by the seeker back to the operator, enabling them to remain in control of the missile throughout its flight in addition to having an autonomous engagement capability. Royal Navy declared Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for Sea Venom missile in October 2025 MBDA is also working on a surface-launched variant of the missile. Specifications: Type: Lightweight Anti-ship missile Manufacturer: MBDA Mass: 110 kg (240 lb) Length: 2.5 m (8.2 ft) Diameter: 20 cm (7.9 in) Warhead: 30 kg / 66 lb (semi-armour piercing, blast and fragmentation effects) Operational range: 20 km (12 miles / 11 NMI) Maximum speed: high subsonic Users: French Navy Royal Navy Platforms: AgustaWestland Wildcat Eurocopter AS565 Panther NHIndustries NH90 NFH Airbus H160M Guepard |
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      Sea Venom / Anti-Navire Léger (ANL) on an Airbus H160M Guepard helicopter  Sea Venom / Anti-Navire Léger (ANL) on an Airbus H160M Guepard helicopter  Sea Venom / Anti-Navire Léger (ANL) on an Aérospatiale SA 365N Dauphin  Sea Venom / Anti-Navire Léger (ANL) on an Aérospatiale SA 365N Dauphin  Sea Venom on a Royal Navy Wildcat HMA2 helicopter  Sea Venom on a Royal Navy Lynx HMA.8 helicopter  Sea Venom on a Royal Navy Wildcat HMA2 helicopter     MBDA info sheet |
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