Seacat.

Manufacturer and Designation	Shorts Seacat Mk1	Shorts Seacat Mk2	Shorts Height Cushion Seacat
Function	Shipborne Surface to Air	Shipborne Surface to Air	Shipborne Surface to Air
Attack speed	Z
Maximum range	4·7km	6·0km	6·5km
Maximum altitude
Guidance	Command Guidance	Command Guidance	Command Guidance with minimum altitude
Fuze type	Impact, passive IR and graze fuze on wings	Impact, passive IR and graze fuze on wings	Impact, passive IR and graze fuze on 3 wings
Warhead type	Continuous Rod	Blast	Blast
Warhead explosive content
Missile length	1·48m	1·48m	1·48m
Missile diameter	0·191m	0·191m	0·191m
Wing span	0·65m	0·65m	0·65m
Project start date
Service entry date	1963		1980

Notes: Seacat was an extroadinarily successful missile being operated by another 14 navies. Tigercat is a land based version and is identical to Seacats Mk1 and Mk2. The Height Cushion variant had a radio altimeter in the bottom wing and used this to fly at a preset altitude above the sea. It had already entered service when I joined the Seaslug section in RNAD Gosport in 1980.

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