Exocet
Noun
Meaning
a guided missile developed by the French government for use against ships
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Anti-ship The French Exocet missile in flight main Another major German missile development project was the anti-shipping class (such as the Fritz X and Henschel Hs 293 ), intended to stop any attempt at a cross-channel invasion.
They used air power, primarily helicopters, F-1 Mirage, and MiG-23 fighters armed with Exocet anti-ship missiles, to enforce their threats.
Ironically, the ship that would later be known for carrying military supplies to the Middle East was accidentally hit by an Exocet missile while off-loading commercial cargo in Iraq in 1986.
The most important additions to the fleet in the 1980s were three La Combattante III class fast attack craft armed with Exocet surface-to-surface missiles.
The then elderly Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges described the war as "a fight between two bald men over a comb". citation The words yomp and Exocet entered the British vernacular as a result of the war.
This included removing the Exocet missile system and EW equipment, and fitting a funnel aft of the mainmast to replace the waterline exhausts.