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    Anti-ship missile

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    An anti-ship missile (AShM) is a military missile designed for use against naval surface ships. Most AShMs are of the sea-skimming, subsonic variant, and use a combination of inertial guidance and radar homing.

    Countermeasures against AShMs include anti-missile missiles such as the Sea Sparrow missile, CIWS, and various decoy systems.

    List of AShMs
    NATO countries
    (All missiles based on radar homing unless otherwise noted.)

    Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) AGM-84 Harpoon
    Kongsberg Penguin (infrared homing)
    Kongsberg NSM (imaging infrared homing)
    MBDA Exocet
    Raytheon (General Dynamics) Tomahawk (TASM version)


    USSR/Russia
    (Listed by NATO reporting name, followed by Soviet/Russian model name in parentheses.)

    SS-N-1 Scrubber (P-1)
    SS-N-2 Styx (4K40/4K51)
    SS-N-3 Sepal/Shaddok (R-35/4K44/3M44 and 4K95)
    SS-N-4 Sark (R-13)
    SS-N-5 Serb (R-21)
    SS-N-6 Serb (R-27)
    SS-N-7 Starbright (4M66)
    SS-N-8 Sawfly (R-29)
    SS-N-9 Siren (4K85)
    SS-NX-10 (TBD)
    SS-NX-11 (TBD)
    SS-N-12 Sandbox (4K77/4K80)
    SS-NX-13 (R-27K)
    SS-N-14 Silex (83R/84R/85R)
    SS-N-15 Starfish (82R)
    SS-N-16 Stallion (86R/88R)
    SS-N-17 Snipe (R-31)
    SS-N-18 Stingray (R-29R)
    SS-N-19 Shipwreck (3M45)
    SS-N-20 Sturgeon (R-29)
    SS-N-21 Sampson (RK-55)
    SS-N-22 Sunburn (3M80)
    SS-N-23 Skiff (R-29RM)
    SS-N-24 Scorpion (3M25)
    SS-N-25 Switchblade (3M24)
    SS-N-26 (3M55)
    SS-N-27 (3M54)
    SS-NX-28 (R-39)
    SS-N-29 (89R)
    SS-NX-30 (3M14)
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    This Day in History
    1865: Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.

    1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.

    1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman.

    1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes.

    1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed.

    1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966.

    1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000.


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