For anti-ship missions, using an ATGM is not quite right. Although ATGMs can be guided accurately to their target, compared to specialist anti-ship missiles, they are quite 'dumb'. Anti-ship missiles have sea-skimming and defensive maneuvering capabilities, which make them harder to detect and intercept by their target.

Most ATGMs practically fly in a straight line, which could present a problem in naval conditions if launched from the surface. Launch from too far out, and most of the target ship will be hidden by the horizon, launch too close and you'll be in the target ship's defensive envelope.

What you want is an airborne platform.

They're basically coastal patrol vessels. Shallower draft, less endurance, less crew.

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