variants
or antiship
: designed to destroy ships
anti-ship missiles
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Bolstering its attack options could be the new anti-ship cruise-missile, the New SSM.
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
The report tracks, among other things, the development of Chinese anti-ship missiles with enough range to hit the U.S. west coast.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
The incidents also highlight the intensity of operations against the Houthis who attacked the strike group with ballistic and anti-ship missiles and one-way attack drones.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
In mid-September, the FANB shared videos of two of its Su-30s armed with Kh-31 anti-ship missiles, also Russian-made, in a show of what remains its most advanced weapons system.
—German Padinger, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
The report tracks, among other things, the development of Chinese anti-ship missiles with enough range to hit the U.S. west coast.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
The incidents also highlight the intensity of operations against the Houthis who attacked the strike group with ballistic and anti-ship missiles and one-way attack drones.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
In mid-September, the FANB shared videos of two of its Su-30s armed with Kh-31 anti-ship missiles, also Russian-made, in a show of what remains its most advanced weapons system.
—German Padinger, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Anti-ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-ship. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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