Anti ship missile mountings
Why do anti ship missile mountings get treated differently to every other sort of missile i.e. why don't they mount them in silos ?
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The USN only has Harpoon as a primary anti-ship missile and that was going to be made to fit into VLS but then the Cold War ended and anti-ship missiles became a much lower priority. The USN might get...
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One idea from the Trolls in the crypt.Since basically all Western anti-ship missiles operate below the speed of sound, they rely on wings to keep them airborne in flight. If they were launched...
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All of the major ship or ground-launched anti-ship missiles have rocket boosters, and Harpoon also launches from canisters out of torpedo tubes, so I don't think initial flight attitude has too much...
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Vertical launch does require a bit more sophisticated flight control in the initial stages of flight, though it's obviously not beyond the wit of man. It has nothing particularly to do with supersonic...
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Hi,I can't say that I have any real specific knowledge here, but in addition to what some others have posted I'd guess that maybe the evolution of the specific missiles maybe might also play a...
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