Looking at the "Dumb Cute" is actually a ferocious Norwegian "Penguin" anti-ship missile. The bomb was designed and produced by the Norwegian Defence Company Consberg in 1962 as a light multi-platform anti-ship missile,1

Looking at the "Dumb Cute" is actually a ferocious Norwegian "Penguin" anti-ship missile. The bomb was a light multi-platform anti-ship missile designed and produced by the Norwegian defence company Consberg in 1962 and entered service in 1972.

In addition to Norway, it is also adopted by Sweden, Brazil, Greece, New Zealand, Australia, Spain, the United States, Turkey and other countries. Includes ship-fired, air-launched and shore-based models. The total production volume of each model is about 1,200 pieces.

The missile adopts a gaze focal plane array infrared thermal imaging guide head, which is not easy to be interfered with, and the hit accuracy is high, among which the MK3 type has a speed of Mach 0.9, a range of 55 km, weighs 370 kg, and the warhead weight is increased to 140 kg, which is more powerful, while the Chinese Eagle Strike 8 missile weighs 850 kg, and the warhead is only 165 kg level. Short-range missiles such as the Penguin missile, due to their close range, the power system and the guidance system are lighter, and the warhead weight can reach about half the total weight.

Penguin missile performance data:

The Mk1 is 2.95 meters long, has a bullet diameter of 28 centimeters, a wingspan of 1.42 meters, a warhead weight of 113 kilograms, a total weight of 330 kilograms, a range of 20 kilometers and a speed of Mach 0.7.

　　Mk2 Mod7 is 3 meters long, 28 cm bullet diameter, wingspan 1.4 m, folded 0.76 m, warhead weighs 120 kg, total weight 385 kg, range 34 km, speed Mach 0.8.

　　The Mk3 is 3.18 meters long, has a bullet diameter of 28 centimeters, a wingspan of 1 meter, a warhead weight of 113 kilograms, a total weight of 370 kilograms, a range of 55 kilometers, and a speed of Mach 0.8.

The bullet has won multiple users with its good performance and relatively low price. In the 1980s, the price of Mk1Mk2 was about $220,000, and the price of Mk2 Mod7 and Mk3 was about $500,000 to $550,000.

These missiles will gradually be replaced by the NSM, a new generation of naval strike missiles developed by the Norwegian company Consberg. (Image from network intrusion and deletion)