Malafon
Sign in to saveMalafon (MArine LAtécoère FONds) was a French ship-launched anti-submarine missile system. Developed in the 1950s and 1960s, the weapon was intended to take advantage of the greater detection ranges possible with towed sonar arrays. The missile entered service in 1966 and was manufactured by Groupe Latécoère
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- anti-submarine missile
- Operator
- French Navy
- Country of origin
- France
- Mass
- 1330
- Manufacturer
- Latécoère
- Image
- Maille-Braize-14.jpg
- Length
- 5.85
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- powered by
- rocket engine
- payload mass
- 540
- service retirement
- 1997-00-00
- Commons category
- Malafon
- service entry
- 1966-00-00
- guidance system
- radio control
- NATO reporting name
- Malafon
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