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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: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.]]
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