Eilat Incident

Japanese: エイラート号事件 - えいらーとごうじけん
Eilat Incident

... refers to a relatively small warship equipped with anti-ship missiles. In 1967, the Israeli destroyer Eilath was sunk by three anti-ship missiles fired from a missile boat of the Arab League (now Egypt) (Eilat Incident). This incident in which a warship was sunk by an anti-ship missile made the navies of various countries aware of the effectiveness of anti-ship missiles and missile boats, and since then missile boats have been planned and built in various countries.

*Some of the terms used in reference to the "Eilat Incident" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…対艦ミサイルを搭載する比較的小型の軍艦をいう。1967年にイスラエル駆逐艦〈エイラートEilath〉はアラブ連合(現,エジプト)のミサイル艇から発射された3発の対艦ミサイルにより撃沈された(エイラート号事件)。対艦ミサイルにより軍艦が撃沈されたこの事件は,各国海軍に対艦ミサイルとミサイル艇の有効性を認識させ,これ以降ミサイル艇が各国で計画・建造されるようになった。…

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