Antiship Missile Market Overview

摘要

In the past two decades, antiship missile production and export has been dominated by the US Harpoon and the French Exocet which have captured about 58% of the market. While it might be expected that Harpoon and Exocet sales would fade due to the advent of next-generation antiship missiles, the cancellation of the French ANF and the lack of a Harpoon follow-on will mean that they are likely to remain dominant players for years to come. The introduction of a wide selection of new Russian antiship missiles into the export market is likely to have some impact on Third World navies, and will probably put greatest pressure on the smaller export contenders such as China, Israel and Italy. Nevertheless, anti-ship missiles remain a relatively small fraction of the overall missile business. Some upturn in naval warship construction, especially in the Pacific, is likely to lead to modest increases in sales late in the forecast period compared to the low levels of recent years.