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{{See also|Torpedo}}
{{Short description|Missile designed to target submerged vessels}}
[[File:Red-Shark cutway.png|thumb|300px|[[K745A1 Red Shark]] missile cutaway. The missile used a [[K745 Blue Shark]] as warhead.]]
An '''anti-submarine missile''' is a [[standoff missile|standoff]] [[anti-submarine weapon]]. Often a variant of [[anti-ship missile]] designs, an anti-submarine systems typically use a [[jet engine|jet]] or [[rocket engine|rocket]] engine, to deliver an [[explosive material|explosive]] [[warhead]] aimed directly at a [[submarine]], a [[depth charge]], or a homing [[torpedo]] that is carried from a launch ship, or other platform, to the vicinity of a target.▼
[[File:PLRK.png|thumb|300px|An anti-submarine missile mission profile]]
[[File:Ikara missile.JPG|thumb|right|[[Ikara (missile)|Ikara]], an [[Australia]]n-designed missile used by several navies between the 1960s and 1990s; a [[rocket engine|rocket]]-parachute delivery system carried an [[acoustic torpedo]] up to 10 nautical miles (19 km) after launch. A variant re-designed in the UK and used by the Royal Navy could deliver a [[Nuclear depth bomb|nuclear depth charge]].]]▼
[[File:Maille-Braize-14.jpg|thumb|The [[Malafon]], used by the French Navy between 1966 and 1997, used a rocket-assisted glider to carry a torpedo up to 8 nautical miles (13 km) after launch.]]▼
▲An '''anti-submarine missile'''
==History==
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▲[[File:Maille-Braize-14.jpg|thumb|The [[Malafon]], used by the French Navy between 1966 and 1997, used a rocket-assisted glider to carry a torpedo up to 8 nautical miles (13 km) after launch.]]
[[Depth charge]]s were the earliest weapons designed for use by ships against submerged [[submarine]]s. These explosives were initially dropped as the ship moved over the presumed location of a submarine. Before World War II, shipboard [[sonar]] was unable to maintain contact with a submarine at close range.
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During the [[Cold War]], [[missile]]s were developed to provide greater range with reduced [[recoil]]. Some missiles and rockets, such as [[K745A1 Red Shark|Red Shark]] carry [[homing torpedo]]es to provide [[terminal guidance]] for the [[warhead]].<ref>Albrecht, Gerhard ''Weyer's Warships of the World'' (1969) United States Naval Institute p.385</ref>
The advantage of an anti-submarine missile is the attack stand-off range. The Swedish [[Bofors 375mm anti submarine rockets|Bofors
==Examples==
▲[[File:Ikara missile.JPG|thumb|right|[[Ikara (missile)|Ikara]], an [[Australia]]n-designed missile used by several navies between the 1960s and 1990s; a [[rocket engine|rocket]]-parachute delivery system carried an [[acoustic torpedo]] up to 10 nautical miles (19 km) after launch. A variant re-designed in the UK and used by the Royal Navy could deliver a [[Nuclear depth bomb|nuclear depth charge]].]]
[[File:Test launch of the 07VLA.jpg|thumb|Japanese [[Type 07 VL-ASROC]] missile launched from [[vertical launching system]].]]
* [[Australia]]
** [[Ikara (missile)|Ikara]]
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** [[Otomat#MILAS|MILAS]]
* [[Japan]]
** [[Type 07
* [[Norway]]
** [[Terne ASW]]
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