I am rather confused by the above. We have been told in regards to sea ceptor how easy it will be to fit dut to it being cold launched. How it can be used on small vessels as basically a bolt on system, and on any others with comparitive ease.Gabriele wrote:The silo will be changed quite dramatically, if the MBDA information is anything to go by. Half of the current silo will be closed over and used to host electronics and support equipment (four launch management systems), with the missile cells (12) all on one side. Each of the 12 cells can hold 4 CAMM canisters, for a total of 48, the same missile load expected for the Type 26. Technically, 44 CAMM fit where some 16 Sea Wolf used to fit.Tony Williams wrote:I assumed that quad-packing was only an option for the Sylver and larger silos. Is there any evidence that CAMM could be quad-packed in Sea Wolf silos?sea_eagle wrote:Of course no reason not to think that the CAMM numbers could be increased over time by quad packing some of the silos.
Note that the "cells" in this case, due to CAMM being cold launched, are literally just holes with a protective lid. The missiles are contained and launched from their sealed canister, which is the same for the Navy and Army variant.
The Sea Wolf circular tubes will be removed.
MBDA video. Type 23 installation from around 1:30
Now we are told that half of the T23 silo's will be shut off to house electronics and support equipment for it, and we end up with approximately the same number of missiles.
So it doesn't appear to me from what you say, that it will be as straightforward to fit as an add on to other platforms as we have been lead to believe. Or am I reading this all wrong.