Many anti-ship missiles associated with the 1980s remained recognizable parts of later fleets. Soviet Granit and Western Harpoon, Exocet, Otomat, and Gabriel systems were still in service, often through updated versions rather than clean-sheet replacement. In this comparison, Western development mainly refines proven designs. Publicly visible Russian and Chinese programmes appear more willing to push range, speed, or other performance boundaries. Some apparently new post-Soviet ideas may also descend from concepts pursued before the Soviet collapse rather than representing a complete technological reset.
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Why Cold War anti-ship missiles still matter
Granit, Harpoon, Exocet, Otomat, and Gabriel show how many Cold War anti-ship missile families remained in service through later upgrades.