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(iii) Mark 46 Torpedo

Deliveries of the S-manufactured Mark 46 light-

weight anti-submarine torpedo started in mid-1974 and

are due to be completed in 1975. The Mark 46 is intended

mainly for use by helicopters and Royal Air Force Nimrod

aircraft but it will also be launched from surface ships.

(iv) Exocet

The Exocet surface-to-surface guided-weapon system

has now been installed in HMS Norfolk, HMS Glamorgan

and HMS Antrim, and is planned to be fitted in a further

guided-missile destroyer, some Leander class frigates

and Type 21 and Type 22 frigates.

(v)

Ikara

Ikara, a quick reaction anti-submarine missile

system, comprising an air-flight vehicle (which carries

a homing torpedo) and shipborne launching and guidance

equipment, has been installed in HMS Bristol and the

Leander class frigates HMS Leander, HMS Ajax and

HMS Galatea. It is also planned to fit Ikara in more

of the early Leander class frigates, in place of the

4.5" gun forward. Development of the Royal Navy version

has been carried out jointly by Australia and the

United Kingdom.

(vi) Martel

The Buccaneer squadron in HMS Ark Royal has now

been equipped with the Anglo-French Martel air-to-surface

guided weapon.

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