Sea Skua vs SOM (missile): Specs Compared

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ACruise & anti-ship missiles

Sea Skua

Air-to-surface missile , anti-ship missile

BCruise & anti-ship missiles

SOM (missile)

Air-launched cruise missile Anti-ship missile

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Sea SkuaLength

2.5 m

Length source ↗

SOM (missile)Length

3.657 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Sea Skualarger figure on 0 of 2

None

SOM (missile)larger figure on 2 of 2

Length+46%
Wingspan+261%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 26 rows sourced on both sides

2.5m

3.66m

Length+46%

All recorded figures & sources

2.5 m

Length

Single source

2.5 m^[source]

3.657 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Sea Skua and SOM (missile) configuration
Specification	Sea Skua	SOM (missile)
Type	Air-to-surface missile , anti-ship missile^[source]	Air-launched cruise missile Anti-ship missile^[source]
Place of origin	United Kingdom^[source]	Turkey^[source]
In service	1982^[source]	Since 2017^[source]
Used by	See operators^[source]	Turkish Air Force

Wars	Falklands War Gulf War^[source]	—

Designer	British Aircraft Corporation^[source]	ROKETSAN TÜBİTAK-SAGE^[source]

Designed	1972^[source]	2006-2017^[source]

Manufacturer	British Aircraft Corporation (1972–1977) BAe Dynamics (1977–1999) MBDA (UK) Ltd (since 1999)^[source]	ROKETSAN SOM-J is manufactured by TÜBİTAK SAGE and ROKETSAN in Turkey.^[source]

Produced	1975^[source]	—

Warhead	30 kg semi armour piercing, 9 kg RDX^[source]	230 kilograms (507 lb) SOM-A: High Explosive Blast-Fragmentation Warhead SOM-B1: High Explosive Blast-Fragmentation Warhead SOM-B2: Dual Stage Tandem Penetrating Warhead SOM-J: Semi-Armor Piercing Warhead^[source]