MBDA Marte

Marte is the latest development of the Sea Killer, an Italian anti-ship missile family that was first developed in the 1960s from the Nettuno and Vulcano ship-based missiles of Contraves Italiana. Marte is a sea skimming, subsonic missile with a 70 kilogram semi-armour piercing warhead, built in several versions with different guidance systems, and it can be launched from ships or aircraft; Marte entered service with the Italian Navy in 1977 on Sea King helicopters, and the Marte 2 with an active radar seeker followed in 1987. The Marte ER replaced the rocket motor with a turbojet and extended the range to over 100 kilometres, completed its final test firing in November 2021 and began full-scale production for Qatar in March 2022. MBDA lists Marte among its current anti-ship missiles, and a coastal defence system is built around it.