Otomat anti-ship missile

The French-Italian Otomat (a corporate contraction of Oto Melara and Matra) anti-ship missile is comparable in size, propulsion, range and warhead weight to the U.S. Harpoon and British Sea Eagle (the French Exocet is a smaller missile).

The missile is a thick cylinder with a blunt nose, cruciform, swept delta mainplanes with air intakes at each root and antenna on each tip. The small cruciform, "cropped delta" tailplanes are line with the mainplanes. The booster rockets have...