The list of naval weapon systems provides a reference for weapons mounted on surface warships, and smaller craft and submarine

Submarine

A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...

s found throughout the history of naval warfare

Naval warfare

Naval warfare is combat in and on seas, oceans, or any other major bodies of water such as large lakes and wide rivers.-History:Mankind has fought battles on the sea for more than 3,000 years. Land warfare would seem, initially, to be irrelevant and entirely removed from warfare on the open ocean,...

. The list is sorted alpha-numerically by system service designation (i.e. Mk 15), or issue name if designation is unknown:
NB: As this is an English language list, NATO codenames are used preferentially. Glossary of abbreviations at bottom.

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• 40/60
  Bofors 40 mm gun
  The Bofors 40 mm gun is an anti-aircraft autocannon designed by the Swedish defence firm of Bofors Defence...
  
   Gun
• 40/70
  Bofors 40 mm gun
  The Bofors 40 mm gun is an anti-aircraft autocannon designed by the Swedish defence firm of Bofors Defence...
  
   Gun
• 53-39 AntiShip Torpedo
• 53-51 AntiShip Torpedo
• 53-56 AntiShip Torpedo
• 53-57 AntiShip Torpedo
• 53-61 AntiShip Torpedo
• 53-65 AntiShip Torpedo
• 65-73 AntiShip Torpedo
• 65-76 AntiShip Torpedo

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• AK-130 130 mm Gun
• AK-100 100 mm Gun
• AK–176 76.2 mm Gun
• AK-230 twin 30mm Gun
  AK-230
  AK-230 is a Soviet fully automatic naval twin 30 mm gun. Its primary function is anti-aircraft. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by radar. AK-230 is probably the most popular gun of its class in the world, mounted on big warships as well as small crafts. About 1450 guns...
  
  
• AK-630 Gun
  AK-630
  The AK-630 is a Soviet fully automatic naval close-in weapon system based on a six-barreled 30 mm Gatling gun. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by radar and television detection and tracking. The system's primary purpose is defense against anti-ship missiles and other...
  
  
• Ak-725 57 mm Gun
• Albatros SAM
• AM-39 Exocet ASM
  Exocet
  The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Hundreds were fired in combat during the 1980s.-Etymology:...
  
  
• APR-2 Airborne ASW Missile
• APR-3 Airborne ASW Missile
• Aspide SAM
• ASROC
  ASROC
  ASROC is an all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system. Developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it was deployed in the 1960s, updated in the 1990s, and eventually installed on over 200 USN surface ships, specifically cruisers, destroyers, and frigates...
  
  
• Aster
  MBDA Aster
  Aster is a family of surface-to-air missiles manufactured by Eurosam, a European consortium consisting of MBDA France, MBDA Italy and the Thales Group .-Overview:The Aster family was developed to perform three distinct missions:...
  
   SAM

B

• Barak PDMS
  Barak SAM
  Barak is an Israeli surface-to-air missile designed to be used as a point-defense missile system on warships, defending against aircraft, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs.-Barak I:...
  
  
• BGM-109 Tomahawk
  BGM-109 Tomahawk
  The Tomahawk is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile. Introduced by General Dynamics in the 1970s, it was designed as a medium- to long-range, low-altitude missile that could be launched from a surface platform. It has been improved several times and, by way of corporate divestitures...
  
   Cruise Missile

• BL 13.5 inch Mk V naval gun
• BL 14 inch Mk VII naval gun
  BL 14 inch Mk VII naval gun
  The BL 14 inch Mk VII naval gun was designed for the ships of the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. This gun armed the King George V class battleships.-Background:...
  
  
• BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun
• BL 16 inch Mk I naval gun
• BL 18 inch / 40 naval gun
  BL 18 inch / 40 naval gun
  The BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun was a breech-loading naval gun used by the Royal Navy during World War I. It was the largest and heaviest gun ever used by the British. Only the Second-World-War Japanese 40 cm/45 Type 94 had a larger calibre, , but the British shell was heavier...
  
  
• BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun
  BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun
  The BL 6 inch Gun Mark VII was a British naval gun dating from 1899, which was mounted on a heavy traveling carriage in 1915 for British Army service to become one of the main heavy field guns in the First World War, and also served as one of the main coast defence guns throughout the British...
  
  

• Bofors 40 mm gun
  Bofors 40 mm gun
  The Bofors 40 mm gun is an anti-aircraft autocannon designed by the Swedish defence firm of Bofors Defence...
  
  

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• Gabriel SSM
• Guided Weapon System 1
  Sea Slug missile
  Sea Slug was a first generation surface-to-air missile designed by Armstrong Whitworth for use by the Royal Navy...
  
  
• Guided Weapon System 2
  Sea Slug missile
  Sea Slug was a first generation surface-to-air missile designed by Armstrong Whitworth for use by the Royal Navy...
  
  
• Guided Weapon System 21
  Sea Cat missile
  Sea Cat was a British short-range surface to air missile system intended to replace the ubiquitous Bofors 40 mm gun aboard warships of all sizes. It was the world's first operational shipboard point-defence missile system and was designed so that the Bofors guns could be replaced with minimum...
  
  
• Guided Weapon System 22
  Sea Cat missile
  Sea Cat was a British short-range surface to air missile system intended to replace the ubiquitous Bofors 40 mm gun aboard warships of all sizes. It was the world's first operational shipboard point-defence missile system and was designed so that the Bofors guns could be replaced with minimum...
  
  
• Guided Weapon System 23
  Sea Cat missile
  Sea Cat was a British short-range surface to air missile system intended to replace the ubiquitous Bofors 40 mm gun aboard warships of all sizes. It was the world's first operational shipboard point-defence missile system and was designed so that the Bofors guns could be replaced with minimum...
  
  
• Guided Weapon System 24
  Sea Cat missile
  Sea Cat was a British short-range surface to air missile system intended to replace the ubiquitous Bofors 40 mm gun aboard warships of all sizes. It was the world's first operational shipboard point-defence missile system and was designed so that the Bofors guns could be replaced with minimum...
  
  
• Guided Weapon System 25
  Sea Wolf missile
  Sea Wolf is a naval guided missile system designed and built by BAC, later to become British Aerospace Dynamics . It is an automated point-defence weapon system designed as a final line of defence against both sea-skimming and high angle anti-ship missiles and aircraft...
  
  
• Guided Weapon System 26
  Sea Wolf missile
  Sea Wolf is a naval guided missile system designed and built by BAC, later to become British Aerospace Dynamics . It is an automated point-defence weapon system designed as a final line of defence against both sea-skimming and high angle anti-ship missiles and aircraft...
  
  
• Guided Weapon System 30
  Sea Dart missile
  Sea Dart or Guided Weapon System 30 is a British surface-to-air missile system designed by Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and built by British Aerospace from 1977...
  
  

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• Hedgehog
  Hedgehog (weapon)
  The Hedgehog was an anti-submarine weapon developed by the Royal Navy during World War II, that was deployed on convoy escort warships such as destroyers to supplement the depth charge. The weapon worked by firing a number of small spigot mortar bombs from spiked fittings...
  
  
• HF-1 Hsiung Feng I
  Hsiung Feng I
  The Hsiung Feng I is an anti-ship missile system developed by the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology in Taiwan ROC between 1975 and 1978 and is essentially a derivative of the Israeli Gabriel missile Mk II...
  
   SSM
• HF-2 Hsiung Feng II
  Hsiung Feng II
  The Hsiung Feng II is an anti-ship missile system developed by the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology in Taiwan. The HF-2 is designed to be deployed aboard ships or at land-based facilities, an airborne version has also been developed which can be carried by the ROC Air Force's F-CK...
  
   SSM
• HF-3 Hsiung Feng III
  Hsiung Feng III
  The Hsiung Feng III is the third in the Hsiung Feng series of anti-ship missiles developed by the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology in Taiwan...
  
   SSM

K

• K-ASROC (Hong Sang Eo (Red Shark) rocket-based torpedo
  Hong Sang Eo (Red Shark) torpedo
  Hong Sang Eo torpedo , also called the K-ASROC, is a vertically launched anti-submarine missile successively developed and tested by South Korea's University of Science and Technology, the Korea Agency for Defense Development and the Republic of Korea Navy in 2009...
  
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• K731 HW White Shark torpedo
• K745 LW Blue Shark torpedo

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• M-4 SLBM
• M45 SLBM
  M45 SLBM
  The M45 SLBM is the current standard French Navy's submarine launched ballistic missile...
  
  
• M51 SLBM
  M51 SLBM
  The M51 SLBM is a submarine-launched ballistic missile, built by EADS Astrium Space Transportation, and deployed with the French Navy. Designed to replace the M45 SLBM The M51 SLBM is a submarine-launched ballistic missile, built by EADS Astrium Space Transportation, and deployed with the French...
  
  
• Manta Mine
• Mattress
• MM-38 Exocet
  Exocet
  The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Hundreds were fired in combat during the 1980s.-Etymology:...
  
   SSM
• MM-40 Exocet
  Exocet
  The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Hundreds were fired in combat during the 1980s.-Etymology:...
  
   SSM
• Modele 53 100mm Gun
  French 100 mm naval gun
  Modern French 100 mm naval guns are multipurpose artillery pieces , capable of a high rate of fire. Most modern French warships are equipped with one of its versions.-History:...
  
  
• Modele 64 100mm Gun
  French 100 mm naval gun
  Modern French 100 mm naval guns are multipurpose artillery pieces , capable of a high rate of fire. Most modern French warships are equipped with one of its versions.-History:...
  
  
• Modele 68 CADAM 100mm Gun
  French 100 mm naval gun
  Modern French 100 mm naval guns are multipurpose artillery pieces , capable of a high rate of fire. Most modern French warships are equipped with one of its versions.-History:...
  
  
• Modele 100 TR 100mm Gun
  French 100 mm naval gun
  Modern French 100 mm naval guns are multipurpose artillery pieces , capable of a high rate of fire. Most modern French warships are equipped with one of its versions.-History:...
  
  
• MU90 Impact Torpedo
  MU90 Impact
  The MU90/IMPACT is an advanced lightweight anti-submarine torpedo used by navies of Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Australia and Poland. It is designed to compete with and outperform the US-built Mark 46 in the anti-submarine role, and is also available in a special MU90 Hard Kill version for...
  
  
• Mk 7 16 inch Gun
• Mk 8 Torpedo
• Mk 10 Missile launcher
• Mk 13/22 Missile Launcher
  Mk 13 Missile Launcher
  The Mk-13 guided missile launching system is a single-arm missile launcher designed for use on frigates and other military vessels.The Mark 13 is equipped to fire the RIM-66 Standard, RGM-84 Harpoon, and RIM-24 Tartar missiles for anti-air and anti-ship defense, and is capable of firing the...
  
  
• Mk 14 torpedo
• Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS
  Phalanx CIWS
  The Phalanx CIWS is an anti-ship missile defense system. It is a close-in weapon system and was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division...
  
  
• Mk 16 ASROC Launcher
  ASROC
  ASROC is an all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system. Developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it was deployed in the 1960s, updated in the 1990s, and eventually installed on over 200 USN surface ships, specifically cruisers, destroyers, and frigates...
  
  
• Mk 19 Grenade launcher
  Mk 19 grenade launcher
  The Mk 19 Grenade Launcher is a 40 mm belt-fed automatic grenade launcher or grenade machine gun that entered U.S. military service during the Cold War, first seeing action during the Vietnam War and remaining in service today.-Overview:...
  
  
• Mk 22 3 inch Gun
• Mk 24 Tigerfish Torpedo
  Mark 24 Tigerfish
  The Mk 24 Tigerfish torpedo was a heavyweight acoustic homing torpedo used by the Royal Navy for several years. The early Mod0 and Mod1 variants were unreliable and unsuccessful, and were issued to the RN even though they failed Fleet Weapon Acceptance...
  
  
• Mk 26 Missile Launcher
  Guided Missile Launching System
  The Guided Missile Launching System is a device for launching guided missiles, and is found on many U.S. Navy ships.-Launchers by Designation:-References:*...
  
  
• Mk 27 target torpedo
• Mk 29 Missile Launcher
  Guided Missile Launching System
  The Guided Missile Launching System is a device for launching guided missiles, and is found on many U.S. Navy ships.-Launchers by Designation:-References:*...
  
  
• Mk 30 target torpedo
• Mk 32 SVTT (Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes)
• Mk 36 SRBOC
  Mark 36 SRBOC
  The BAE Systems Mark 36 Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff is a short-range mortar that launches chaff or infrared decoys from naval vessels to foil anti-ship missiles...
  
   (Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Countermeasure)
• Mk 37 Torpedo
  Mark 37 torpedo
  The Mark 37 torpedo is a torpedo with electrical propulsion, developed for the US Navy after World War II. It entered service with the US Navy in the early 1950s, with over 3,300 produced. It was phased out of service with the US Navy during the 1970s, and the stockpiles were sold to foreign...
  
  
• Mk 46 torpedo
• Mk 38 Chain Gun
• Mk 38 Mod 1 Machine Gun
• Mk 38 Mod 2 Stabilized Machine Gun
• Mk 41 VLS
  VLS
  VLS may refer to:*Vapor-Liquid-Solid method, a method to grow nanocrystal*Vermont Law School, an institution of higher learning.*Vertical Launching System*Von Luschan's chromatic scale a scale for detirmining skin colour....
  
   (Vertical Launch System)
• Mk 42 5 inch Gun
• Mk 44 Torpedo
  Mark 44 torpedo
  The Mark 44 torpedo is an obsolete air-launched and ship-launched lightweight torpedo manufactured in the U.S., and under licence in Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom with 10,500 being produced for U.S. service. It was superseded by the Mark 46 torpedo...
  
  
• Mk 45 5 inch DP (Dual Purpose) Gun
  5-54 Mark 45
  The 5-Inch/54-caliber lightweight gun is a modern U.S. naval artillery gun mount consisting of a 5-inch L54 Mark 19 gun on the Mark 45 mount. Originally designed and built by United Defense, it is now manufactured by BAE Systems Land & Armaments after the former was acquired...
  
  
• Mk 46 Torpedo
  Mark 46 torpedo
  Designed to attack high-performance submarines, the Mark 46 torpedo is the backbone of the U.S. Navy's lightweight ASW torpedo inventory, and is the current NATO standard. These aerial torpedoes, such as the Mark 46 Mod 5, are expected to remain in service until the year 2015...
  
  
• Mk 48 Torpedo
  Mark 48 torpedo
  The Mark 48 and its improved ADCAP variant are heavyweight submarine-launched torpedoes. They were designed to sink fast, deep-diving nuclear-powered submarines and high-performance surface ships.-History:...
  
  
• Mk 50 Torpedo
  Mark 50 torpedo
  The Mark 50 torpedo is a U.S. Navy advanced lightweight torpedo for use against fast, deep-diving submarines. The Mk-50 can be launched from all anti-submarine aircraft and from torpedo tubes aboard surface combatant ships. The Mk-50 was intended to replace the Mk-46 as the fleet's lightweight...
  
  
• Mark 54 Torpedo
  Mark 54 LHT
  The Mark 54 Lightweight Hybrid Torpedo is a standard 12.75 inch antisubmarine warfare torpedo used by the United States Navy.- Development :...
  
  
• Mk 74 FCS
  Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System
  The Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System is an air defense system developed by the United States Navy to defend warships from air attack. Since its introduction the system has been improved and sold to several United States allies.-Description:...
  
  
• Mk 75 Oto Melara 76mm Compact Gun
  Otobreda 76 mm
  The Otobreda 76 mm gun is a naval artillery piece built by the Italian defence conglomerate Otobreda. It is based on the Oto Melara 76mm/L62 Allargato, which was bigger and heavier...
  
  
• Mk 68 GFCS
• Mk 72 Mod 0 sonar system
• Mk 84 sonar system
• Mk 86 Gun FCS (Fire Control System)
• Mk 91 FCS
• MK 92 FCS
  Mk 92 Guided Missile Fire Control System
  The Mk 92 Fire Control System is a US-built medium-range anti-aircraft missile and gun fire control system. It was developed for the Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigates. The system is a licensed USN version of the Thales Nederland WM-25 fire control system. The Mark 92 fire control...
  
  
• Mk 114 ASW FCS
• Mk 116 ASW FCS
• Mk 112 ASROC Launcher
  ASROC
  ASROC is an all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system. Developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it was deployed in the 1960s, updated in the 1990s, and eventually installed on over 200 USN surface ships, specifically cruisers, destroyers, and frigates...
  
  
• Mk 141 Quad Harpoon Launcher

Q

• QF 1 pounder pom-pom
  QF 1 pounder pom-pom
  The QF 1 pounder, universally known as the pom-pom, was an early 37 mm British autocannon. It was used by several countries initially as an infantry gun and later as a light anti-aircraft gun. The name comes from the sound it makes when firing....
  
  
• QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  The QF 12 pounder 12 cwt gun was a common calibre naval gun introduced in 1894 and used until the middle of the 20th century. It was produced by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick and used on Royal Navy warships, and exported to allied countries...
  
  
• QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun
  QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun
  The QF 12 pounder 18 cwt gun was a 3 inch high-velocity naval gun used to equip larger British warships such as battleships for defence against torpedo boats...
  
  
• QF 14 pounder Maxim-Nordenfelt naval gun
  QF 14 pounder Maxim-Nordenfelt naval gun
  The QF 14 pounder was a 3-inch medium-velocity naval gun used to equip warships for defence against torpedo boats. It was produced for export by Maxim-Nordenfelt in competition with the Elswick QF 12-pounder 12 cwt and QF 12-pounder 18 cwt guns.-Victorian Navy service:2 guns were mounted on HMVS...
  
  
• QF 2 pounder naval gun
  QF 2 pounder naval gun
  The 2-pounder gun, officially designated the QF 2-pounder and universally known as the pom-pom, was a 1.575 inch British autocannon, used famously as an anti-aircraft gun by the Royal Navy. The name came from the sound that the original models make when firing...
  
  
• QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss
  QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss
  The QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss was a light 47-mm naval gun introduced in 1886 to defend against new small fast vessels such as torpedo boats, and later submarines...
  
  
• QF 3 pounder Vickers
  Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers
  The Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers was a British artillery piece first tested in Britain in 1910. It was used on Royal Navy warships. It was more powerful than and unrelated to the older QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss, with a propellant charge approximately twice as large, but it initially fired the same...
  
  
• QF 3 inch Mark N1 gun
• QF 4 inch Mk V gun
  QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun
  The QF 4 inch Mk V gun was a Royal Navy gun of World War I which was adapted on HA mountings to the heavy anti-aircraft role both at sea and on land, and was also used as a coast defence gun.-Naval service:...
  
  
• QF 4.5 inch naval gun
• QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I - IV
  QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I - IV
  The QF 4.7 inch Gun Mks I, II, III, and IV were a family of United-Kingdom 120-mm naval and coast defence guns of 1888 and 1890s which served with the navies of various countries. They were also mounted on various wheeled carriages to provide the British Army with a long range gun...
  
  
• QF 5.25 inch Mark I naval gun
• QF 6 inch Mk I - III naval gun
• QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss
  QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss
  The QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss was a light 57 mm naval gun and coast defence gun of the late 19th century used by many countries, and was adapted for use in the early British tanks in World War I.- Canada History :...
  
  
• QF 6 inch Mark N5 gun

R

• RAT-52 antiship torpedo
• RGM-6 Regulus SSM
• RGM-15 Regulus II SSM
• RGM-59 Taurus
  RGM-59 Taurus
  The RGM-59 Taurus was an American project, conducted by the United States Navy, that was intended to develop a surface-to-surface missile for use as a fire support weapon during amphibious landings, replacing heavy-caliber naval guns...
  
   SSM
• RGM-165 LASM SSM
• RGM-84 Harpoon SSM
• RIM-2 Terrier
  RIM-2 Terrier
  The Convair RIM-2 Terrier was a two-stage medium-range naval surface-to-air missile , and was among the earliest surface-to-air missiles to equip United States Navy ships. Originally, the Terrier had a launch thrust of 23 kN , and weight of 1392 kg...
  
   SAM
• RIM-7 Sea Sparrow PDMS
  RIM-7 Sea Sparrow
  RIM-7 Sea Sparrow is a US ship-borne short-range anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapon system, primarily intended for defense against anti-ship missiles...
  
  
• RIM-8 Talos
  RIM-8 Talos
  The Bendix RIM-8 Talos was a long-range naval surface-to-air missile, and was among the earliest surface-to-air missiles to equip United States Navy ships. The Talos used radar beam riding for guidance to the vicinity of its target, and semiactive radar homing for terminal guidance...
  
  
• RIM-24 Tartar
  RIM-24 Tartar
  The General Dynamics RIM-24 Tartar was a medium-range naval surface-to-air missile , and was among the earliest surface-to-air missiles to equip United States Navy ships...
  
   SAM
• RIM-50 Typhon LR SAM
  RIM-50 Typhon
  The RIM-50 Typhon LR was a missile that was intended to be a Terrier missile–sized replacement to the Talos missile to be used with the Typhon combat system. The RIM-50 was canceled in 1963 along with the medium range RIM-55, when the Typhon combat system was canceled...
  
  
• RIM-55 Typhon MR SAM
• RIM-66 SM-1MR Standard Medium Range SAM
  RIM-66 Standard
  The RIM-66 Standard MR is a medium range surface-to-air missile originally developed for the United States Navy . The SM-1 was developed as a replacement for the RIM-2 Terrier and RIM-24 Tartar that were deployed in the 1950s on a variety of USN ships...
  
  
• RIM-66 SM-1ER Standard Extended Range SAM
  RIM-66 Standard
  The RIM-66 Standard MR is a medium range surface-to-air missile originally developed for the United States Navy . The SM-1 was developed as a replacement for the RIM-2 Terrier and RIM-24 Tartar that were deployed in the 1950s on a variety of USN ships...
  
  
• RIM-67 SM-2MR Standard Medium Range SAM
  RIM-67 Standard
  The RIM-67 Standard ER is an extended range surface-to-air missile and anti ship missile originally developed for the United States Navy...
  
  
• RIM-67 SM-2ER Standard Extended Range SAM
  RIM-67 Standard
  The RIM-67 Standard ER is an extended range surface-to-air missile and anti ship missile originally developed for the United States Navy...
  
  
• RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
  RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
  The RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile is a small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile in use by the American, German, South Korean, Greek, Turkish, Saudi and Egyptian navies. It was intended originally and used primarily as a point-defense weapon against anti-ship cruise missiles...
  
   SAM
• RIM-156 SM-2ER Block IV SAM
• RIM-161 SM-3 SAM
  RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
  The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 is a ship-based missile system used by the US Navy to intercept short-to intermediate-range ballistic missiles as a part of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Although primarily designed as an anti-ballistic missile, the SM-3 has also been employed in an...
  
  
• RIM-162 ESSM (Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile) SAM
• RPK-8 Antisubmarine Rocket System
• RUR-4
  Weapon Alpha
  The RUR-4 "Weapon Alpha" was an American naval ahead-throwing ASW rocket launcher.Similar to the earlier American Mousetrap, 375mm Swedish Bofors, and 250mm and 300mm Soviet systems, all of which use multiple rockets, Weapon Alpha was developed toward the end of World War II, in response to the...
  
  
• RUM-139 VL ASROC
  RUM-139 VL-Asroc
  The RUM-139 VL-ASROC is an anti-submarine missile in the ASROC family, currently built by the Lockheed Martin company for the U.S. Navy.The design and development of the missile began in 1983 when the Goodyear Aerospace company was contracted by the U.S. Navy to develop a ship-launched...
  
  
• RUR-5 ASROC
  ASROC
  ASROC is an all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system. Developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it was deployed in the 1960s, updated in the 1990s, and eventually installed on over 200 USN surface ships, specifically cruisers, destroyers, and frigates...
  
  

S

• SA-N-1 Goa SAM
• SA-N-2 Guideline SAM
• SA-N-3 Goblet SAM
• SA-N-4 Gecko SAM
• SA-N-5 Grail SAM
• SA-N-6 Grumble SAM
• SA-N-7 Gadfly SAM
• SA-N-8 Gremlin SAM
• SA-N-9 Gauntlet SAM
• SA-N-10 Grouse
  SA-18 Grouse
  The 9K38 Igla is a Russian/Soviet man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile . "9K38" is the Russian GRAU designation of the system...
  
   SAM
• SA-N-11 Grisom SAM
• SA-N-12 Grizzly SAM
• Sea Cat
  Sea Cat missile
  Sea Cat was a British short-range surface to air missile system intended to replace the ubiquitous Bofors 40 mm gun aboard warships of all sizes. It was the world's first operational shipboard point-defence missile system and was designed so that the Bofors guns could be replaced with minimum...
  
   SAM
• Sea Dart missile
  Sea Dart missile
  Sea Dart or Guided Weapon System 30 is a British surface-to-air missile system designed by Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and built by British Aerospace from 1977...
  
   SAM
• SAET-50 Anti-Ship Torpedo
• SAET-60 Anti-Ship Torpedo
• Sea Gnat Decoy
• Sea Slug
  Sea Slug missile
  Sea Slug was a first generation surface-to-air missile designed by Armstrong Whitworth for use by the Royal Navy...
  
   SAM
• Sea Wolf
  Sea Wolf missile
  Sea Wolf is a naval guided missile system designed and built by BAC, later to become British Aerospace Dynamics . It is an automated point-defence weapon system designed as a final line of defence against both sea-skimming and high angle anti-ship missiles and aircraft...
  
   SAM
• SET-40 antisubmarine torpedo
• SET-53 antisubmarine torpedo
• SET-65 antisubmarine torpedo
• SET-72 antisubmarine torpedo
• Squid
  Squid (weapon)
  Squid was a British World War II ship-mounted anti-submarine weapon. It consisted of a three-barrelled mortar which launched depth charges. It replaced the Hedgehog system, and was in turn replaced by the Limbo system....
  
  
• SM-4 SAM
• SM-39 Exocet USM
  Exocet
  The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Hundreds were fired in combat during the 1980s.-Etymology:...
  
  
• Spearfish Torpedo
  Spearfish torpedo
  The Spearfish torpedo is the heavy torpedo used by the submarines of the Royal Navy. It can be guided by wire or by autonomous active or passive sonar, and provides both anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface ship warfare capability.It replaces the unreliable Tigerfish torpedo, which was...
  
  
• SS-N-1 Scrubber SSM
• SS-N-2 Styx SSM
• SS-N-3
  SS-N-3
  The P-5 "Pyatyorka" was a Cold War era turbojet-powered cruise missile of the Soviet Union, designed by the Chelomey design bureau. The missile entered service in 1959...
  
   Sepal/Shaddock SSM
• SS-N-4 Sark SLBM
• SS-N-5 Serb SLBM
• SS-N-6 Serb SLBM
• SS-N-7
  SS-N-7
  The P-70 Ametist was an anti-shipping missile carried by Soviet Charlie-I submarines and Papa class submarine...
  
   Starbright SSM
• SS-N-8 Sawfly SLBM
• SS-N-9
  SS-N-9
  The P-120 Malakhit is a Russian medium range anti-ship missile used by corvettes and submarines. It has a range of up to . Introduced in 1972, it remains in service but has been superseded by the SS-N-22 Sunburn.-Development:...
  
   Siren SSM
• SS-N-12 Sandbox
  SS-N-12
  The P-500 Bazalt is a liquid-fueled, rocket-powered, supersonic cruise missile used by the Soviet and Russian navies. Developed by OKB-52 MAP , its GRAU designation is 4K80. Its NATO reporting name is SS-N-12 Sandbox. It entered service in 1973 to replace the SS-N-3 Shaddock...
  
   SSM
• SS-N-14
  SS-N-14
  Metel Anti-Ship Complex is a Russian family of anti-submarine missiles and warheads. There are different anti-submarine variants for cruisers and frigates, and a later version with a shaped charge that can be used against shipping as well as submarines.The missile carries an underslung...
  
   Silex SUM
• SS-N-15 Starfish
  SS-N-15
  The RPK-2 Viyuga cruise missile is a complex Russian submarine launched missile. Its NATO reporting name is Starfish ....
  
   SSM
• SS-N-16 Stallion
  SS-N-16
  SS-N-16 Stallion refers to a Soviet 650 mm anti-ship missile that was deployed between 1979 and 1981. The name is a combination of the American designation of SS-N-16 and the NATO term of Stallion for Soviet RU-100s.It refers to either...
  
   SSM
• SS-N-17
  SS-N-17
  RSM-45 R-31 was a Soviet SLBM missile.Development for the missile began in the early 1970s. It was fitted on only one Yankee II class submarine, originally for evaluation purposes. A first test flight took place from the Yankee II Class submarine K-140 in December 1976...
  
   Snipe SLBM
• SS-N-18 Stingray SLBM
• SS-N-19 Shipwreck SSM
• SS-N-20 Sturgeon
  R-39 missile
  The R-39 Rif, or Rif-Ma was a Russian submarine launched ballistic missile . It had the NATO reporting name of SS-N-20 Sturgeon and the bilateral arms control designation RSM-52...
  
   SLBM
• SS-N-21 Sampson SSM
• SS-N-22 Sunburn SSM
• SS-N-23
  SS-N-23
  The R-29RM Shtil is a liquid propellant, submarine-launched ballistic missile in use by Russia. It has the alternate Russian designations RSM-54 and 3M27...
  
   Skiff SLBM
• SS-N-24 Scorpion SSM
• SS-N-25 Switchblade SSM
• Sting Ray torpedo
  Sting Ray torpedo
  The Sting Ray torpedo is a current British acoustic homing light-weight torpedo manufactured by GEC-Marconi, who were later bought out by BAE Systems. It entered service in 1983.-Design and development:...
  
  
• SUBROC

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• TEST71 Torpedo
• TP 61 Torpedo
• TP 613 Torpedo
• TP 617 Torpedo
• TP 62 Torpedo
• TP 2000 Torpedo
• Trident missile
  Trident missile
  The Trident missile is a submarine-launched ballistic missile equipped with multiple independently-targetable reentry vehicles . The Fleet Ballistic Missile is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines . Trident missiles are carried by fourteen...
  
  
• Type 53 torpedo
  Type 53 torpedo
  Type 53 is the common name for a family of 53 cm torpedoes manufactured in Russia, starting with the 53-27 torpedo and continuing to the modern UGST....
  
  
• Type 65 torpedo
  Type 65 torpedo
  The Type 65 is a torpedo manufactured in the Soviet Union/Russia. It was developed to counter the US Navy's aircraft carrier battle groups as well as to be used against large merchant targets such as supertankers...
  
  
• Type 91 torpedo
  Type 91 torpedo
  The Type 91 was an aerial torpedo of the Imperial Japanese Navy which was designed to be launched from an aircraft. It was used in the naval battles of carrier task forces in World War II.The Type 91 aerial torpedo rev.2 won the admiration of the world...
  
  
• Type 92 torpedo
  Type 92 torpedo
  The Type 92 torpedo was a submarine-launched torpedo used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It was in length and 21 inches in diameter. This type of torpedo was battery powered. It could deliver a 660 pound warhead at 30 knots to a target 7 kilometers away....
  
  
• Type 93 torpedo
  Type 93 torpedo
  The Type 93 was a -diameter torpedo of the Imperial Japanese Navy , launched from surface ships. It is commonly referred to as the Long Lance by most modern English-language naval historians, a nickname given it after the war by Samuel E. Morison, the chief historian of the U.S...
  
  
• Type 95 torpedo
  Type 95 torpedo
  The Type 95 torpedo was a torpedo of the Imperial Japanese Navy.It was based on the formidable Type 93 torpedo but had a smaller warhead, shorter range and a smaller diameter...
  
  
• Type 97 torpedo
  Type 97 torpedo
  The Type 97 was a diameter torpedo used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Intended for use with Japan's Ko-hyoteki class midget submarines, the torpedo was based on the Type 93 "Long Lance" used by larger Japanese submarines, but redesigned to meet the smaller physical dimensions...
  
  

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• UGM-27 Polaris
  UGM-27 Polaris
  The Polaris missile was a two-stage solid-fuel nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile built during the Cold War by Lockheed Corporation of California for the United States Navy....
  
   SLBM
• UGM-73 Poseidon SLBM
• UGM-84 Sub-Harpoon USM
• UGM-93 Trident
  Trident missile
  The Trident missile is a submarine-launched ballistic missile equipped with multiple independently-targetable reentry vehicles . The Fleet Ballistic Missile is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines . Trident missiles are carried by fourteen...
  
   SLBM
• UGM-133 Trident II
  Trident missile
  The Trident missile is a submarine-launched ballistic missile equipped with multiple independently-targetable reentry vehicles . The Fleet Ballistic Missile is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines . Trident missiles are carried by fourteen...
  
   SLBM
• UMGT-1 Torpedo antisubmarine torpedo
• USET-80 Torpedo
• UUM-44 SUBROC UUM

Glossary

• ASM - Anti-Ship Missile
• CIWS - Close In Weapon System
• FCS - Fire Control System
• GFCS - Gun FCS
• NCS - Naval Combat System
• PDMS - Point Defence Missile System
• SAM - Surface to Air Missile
• SA-N - Surface to Air Missile (Naval)
• SLBM - Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile
• SSM - Surface to Surface Missile
• SUM - Surface to Underwater Missile
• USM - Undersurface to Surface Missile
• UUM - Undersurface to Undersurface Missile