Article | REF: BM3002 V1

Aerospace propulsion

Author: Marc BOUCHEZ

Publication date: July 10, 2010

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1. Propulsion choice for some missiles

The reader is invited to refer to paragraph 2 of article [BM 3 000] regarding the design of a propulsion system.

1.1 Subsonic anti-ship missile

The first example is the Exocet family of anti-ship missiles capable of sea skimming at Mach 0.9.

Exocet missiles are typically propelled by two solid rocket motors, the first of which accelerates the missile from the deck of the ship (figure

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