Sea Cat missile system (early service)

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The Sea Cat missile system was an early British short-range, ship-based surface-to-air missile designed in the late 1950s to defend naval vessels against low-flying aircraft.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naval air-defence system ⓘ
surface-to-air missile system ⓘ
controlSystem radio command link from director ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
deploymentEnvironment maritime ⓘ
designedInPeriod Cold War ⓘ
designer Short Brothers ⓘ
developmentStart late 1950s ⓘ
enteredService early 1960s ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Royal Navy ⓘ
era early guided missile era ⓘ
fireControl optical director ⓘ
radar-assisted director ⓘ
fuzing contact fuze ⓘ
proximity fuze ⓘ
guidanceMethod manual command to line-of-sight ⓘ
radio command guidance ⓘ
guidanceType command line-of-sight ⓘ
intendedRole short-range air defence ⓘ
intendedTarget anti-ship missiles ⓘ
low-flying aircraft ⓘ
launcherConfiguration four-rail launcher ⓘ
launcherType trainable launcher ⓘ
launchPlatform ship-based launcher ⓘ
manufacturer Short Brothers ⓘ
notableFeature first operational British shipborne guided surface-to-air missile ⓘ
platform surface ships ⓘ
propellantType solid fuel ⓘ
rangeClass short range ⓘ
replaced Bofors 40 mm gun on many ships ⓘ
serviceBranch Argentine Navy ⓘ
Brazilian Navy ⓘ
Chilean Navy ⓘ
Indian Navy ⓘ
Peruvian Navy ⓘ
Royal Australian Navy ⓘ
Royal Malaysian Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy of Jordan ⓘ
Royal Navy of Oman ⓘ
Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Navy ⓘ
Royal Thai Navy ⓘ
South African Navy ⓘ
status retired from Royal Navy service ⓘ
successor Sea Wolf missile system ⓘ
usedInConflict Cod Wars ⓘ
Falklands War ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ
South African Border War ⓘ
warheadType high-explosive fragmentation ⓘ

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HMS Coventry (D118) → armament → Sea Cat missile system (early service) ⓘ
HMS Devonshire (D02) → armament → Sea Cat surface-to-air missile system ⓘ
linked to: Sea Cat missile system (early service)
Type 21 frigate → armament → Sea Cat surface-to-air missile system ⓘ
linked to: Sea Cat missile system (early service)
Rapier surface-to-air missile → developedFrom → Seacat missile system ⓘ
linked to: Sea Cat missile system (early service)
HMS Argonaut → armament → Sea Cat surface-to-air missiles ⓘ
linked to: Sea Cat missile system (early service)
HMS Antelope → armament → Sea Cat surface-to-air missiles ⓘ
linked to: Sea Cat missile system (early service)
HMS Ardent → armament → Sea Cat surface-to-air missile system ⓘ
linked to: Sea Cat missile system (early service)