Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli sea-skimming anti-ship missile”. Today it says “family of sea skimming anti-ship missiles manufactured by israel aerospace industries”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli made Anti-ship missile”. It now reads “Israeli-made anti-ship missile”.
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Gabriel is an Israeli sea-skimming anti-ship missile , also known as a Scorpion missile in the South African Navy . Development of the Gabriel for the Israeli Navy began in 1962 . The first model was ready by the 1973 Yom Kippur War and was credited with easily defeating Syrian and Egyptian ships armed with the Soviet -made Styx missile. Even though the Styx missile had a longer range, it was the Gabriel's reliability and flexibility of handling that propelled the Israeli Navy to victory. It is known that the Syrians shot missile salvos at the charging Israeli vessels but missed due to the Israeli ECM technology of the time. When they were in range, the Israeli boats launched their Gabriel missiles, and sank all but one Syrian Osa class ship; which was later sunk by cannon fire. Gabriel III and Gabriel III A/S were introduced with major improvements. The air-launched Gabriel III A/S has a range of over 60km. Both Gabriel III versions utilise the now widely used ' fire and forget ' mode. The air-launched Gabriel flies so low that it is extremely hard for enemy targets to detect early enough to counter. A new long-range turbojet-powered version of the Gabriel (Gabriel IV) has a 200km range, and Israel Aerospace Industries is reportedly working on a Gabriel-V (Advanced Naval Attack Missile), with an advanced active radar seeker designed for cluttered littoral environments. Older models of the Gabriel are still used by Chile , Ecuador , Israel , Mexico , Sri Lanka , Kenya , and other countries.1
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Gabriel missiles, created by Israel Aerospace Industries , are a range of anti-ship missiles that use the technique of sea skimming , created in response to an attack on an Israeli warship in 1967.The Mark IV version is in service with the Israeli Navy while other versions are in service with navies around the world.
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Gabriel missiles, created by Israel Aerospace Industries , are a range of anti-ship missiles that use the technique of sea skimming , created in response to an attack on an Israeli warship in 1967. The Mark IV version was in service with the Israeli Navy while other versions are in service with navies around the world.
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Gabriel is a family of sea skimming anti-ship missiles manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).The initial variant of the missile was developed in the 1960s in response to the needs of the Israeli Navy which first deployed it in 1970.Since then, variants have been exported to navies around the world.The latest variant, the Gabriel V, is in use by the Finnish and Israeli navies as of 2020.
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Israeli made Anti-ship missile Gabriel is a family of sea skimming anti-ship missiles manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The initial variant of the missile was developed in the 1960s in response to the needs of the Israeli Navy which first deployed it in 1970. Since then, variants have been exported to navies around the world. The latest variant, the Gabriel V, is in use by the Finnish and Israeli navies as of 2020.
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israeli sea-skimming anti-ship missile
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family of sea skimming anti-ship missiles manufactured by israel aerospace industries
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