Have Submarine-Launched Anti-Aircraft Missiles Finally Come Of Age?

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Originally Posted by Blackcloud

I would have thought the mast mounted system would be best for IR guided missiles and due to the short range of these missiles the smoke trail would not give a helo much time to react.
I thought years ago that a Soviet Kilo was seen with a strange box on a mast and people thought this could have been a SA7 attachment.
Oh I played the original "Red Storm Rising" subsim on my Commodore 64 and that had mast mounted stingers on the USS Seawolf class.

Its tough to do maint. on a sail mounted system when you're at 200 feet.
Or, when you're on the surface and putting along.

Keep in mind those missiles and the wiring to control them would be exposed to an under water environment for months or even years at a time. Launching them out of the tubes makes a lot more sense.