Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Exocet Missile

France active radar homing air-to-surface and surface-to-surface missile family for anti-ship strikes.

Also searchable as Exocet.

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  1. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:10:53A Type 22-era variant with Sea Wolf and ExocetQ&A
  2. The Gowind Class: Flexible Warships for Changing Threats
    2:31Gowind gun, missile and vertical-launch fitsChapter
  3. The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)
    26:02Why Naval Strike Missile keeps appearing in new frigatesNotable Point
  4. The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)
    58:07Gowind: a design family spanning patrol vessels and light frigatesChapter
  5. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    2:30:25Exocet, sea clutter and the Swordfish payload comparisonNotable Point
  6. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    2:33:56Swordfish radar profiles and an unverified training storyQ&A
  7. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    2:55:28Exocet, USS Stark and unexpected threat suppliersNotable Point
  8. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    40:24Mixed weapons multiply a fleet's defensive problemChapter
  9. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:04:47Why Belgrano's armour would not solve its missile problemQ&A
  10. Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...
    27:33County class destroyers kept presence and air defence togetherChapter
  11. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:38:50Fleetwide Exocet fits could change British Falklands targeting choicesQ&A
  12. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:41:06Larger Tiger-class helicopter cruisersQ&A
  13. Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?
    14:43Nigeria's Aradu begins the MEKO 360 line before Argentina expands itChapter
  14. Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?
    15:58An early MEKO fit looks unexpectedly useful against dronesChapter
  15. What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)
    2:08:49Why did Royal Navy ships use Exocet and Harpoon?Q&A
  16. What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)
    2:09:04Would wider Sea Eagle use displace Exocet and Harpoon?Q&A
  17. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:05:21Sea Dart as a substitute for ExocetQ&A
  18. Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart
    2:17Exocet space on a large gun cruiserQ&A
  19. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    2:51:35Littoral response groups versus amphibious massNotable Point
  20. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:18:41Twenty modern SIGMA frigates arrive in 1939Q&A
  21. Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off
    19:11San Carlos Water and the 'rock beats Exocet' planChapter
  22. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    7:17:09Designing a 1980s Royal Navy guided-missile cruiserQ&A
  23. Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age
    12:55County class combined missiles with cruiser-like presenceChapter
  24. Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age
    1:05:06Daring and County armament exposes Type 82's redundancy gapNotable Point
  25. The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War
    13:35Argentina's three-axis attack on the British carrier groupChapter
  26. The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War
    33:35Exocet saturation could still put a Type 42 at riskChapter
  27. The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War
    39:03The Drummond corvettes were Argentina's overlooked missile threatNotable Point
  28. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:29:221970s Leander frigates transported to 1939Q&A
  29. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:42:04Exocet damage to a battleship's superstructureNotable Point
  30. How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?
    1:14:17How Exocet changed the threat modelQ&A
  31. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:30:22Why Argentine Type 42s carried ExocetQ&A
  32. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:10:16How 1970s missile refits shaped the Falklands fleetQ&A
  33. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    6:00:51What modernized Yamato-class ships change in the Falklands WarQ&A
  34. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    19:52Sea Wolf and Exocet on Batch 3 LeandersQ&A
  35. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:47:11Why HMS Andromeda needed her 4.5-inch gunQ&A
  36. Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    5:30Argentina without a carrier and ExocetQ&A
  37. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    2:05:12HMS Conqueror, Belgrano, and the cost of revealing a submarineNotable Point
  38. Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books
    48:29Why a Type 22 needed either missiles or a gunQ&A
  39. Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books
    1:00:04What replaces Exocet if it is unavailable?Q&A
  40. Top 5 Inventions that came too Late
    23:36How Sea King AEW could reshape Falklands air defenceNotable Point
  41. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    2:52:53Why Leander-class Exocets were effectively port-reload weaponsQ&A
  42. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    2:16:49Comet concealment leads to a comparison with San CarlosNotable Point
  43. Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today
    58:08Could Hermes or Invincible survive an Exocet hit?Q&A
  44. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)
    43:36Why a large ASW frigate still needs general-purpose defensesQ&A
  45. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    2:51:26The Falklands War as a test of Western doctrine against Western weaponsNotable Point
  46. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    3:37:26What Argentina needed to change the Falklands balanceQ&A
  47. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    5:21:06Why missile fuel rarely doubles as a selectable warheadQ&A
  48. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s
    10:53How Leander batches traded guns for Ikara and ExocetNotable Point
  49. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s
    37:50Type 21 defences and the loss of HMS ArdentNotable Point
  50. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World
    41:55Why Cold War anti-ship missiles still matterNotable Point
  51. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)
    5:26Distributed anti-ship weapons across the fleetChapter
  52. An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 3
    7:21Type 22 frigates outgrow a single Cold War scenarioChapter
  53. A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 1
    1:52:53Could an Exocet disable a battleship?Q&A