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Ex-Dragoon said:I was told they were octuple but quad launchers make more sense, my point was you really can't compare ESSM with the original sea sparrow we bought for the Pre-Trump 280s.
Agreed. I dug out some old photos that show the old quad launcher...these are probably from 1987. The first three shots are of a RIM-7 launched from ATH, which was a successful telemetric kill on a drone. The last photo was a slightly less successful missile shoot - there was a failure somewhere, and at the last moment the launcher appeared to lose power or hydraulics, drooped, and the Sea Sparrow never had a chance. It left the rails aimed at the Atlantic Ocean, and I got one photo off before the missile hit the water a hundred yards or so from the ship and the splash soaked me and my 35mm camera.