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	Encyclopedia: Missile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Missiles are often used in warfare as a means of delivering destructive force (usually in the form of an explosive warhead) upon a target.
		Aside from explosives, other possible types of destructive missile payloads are various forms of chemical or biological agents, nuclear warheads, or simple kinetic energy (where the missile destroys the target by the force of striking it at high speed).
		Missiles which spend most of their trajectory in unpowered flight, and which don't use aerodynamics to alter their course, are known as ballistic missiles (because their motion is largely governed by the laws of ballistics).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Missile (2003 words)

	Sea Wolf missile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The current missile is the third generation Block 2 VL Seawolf, a vertical launch system (VLS).
		An individual missile is 6 ft (1.98 m) long, a slim 18 cm in diameter, and masses 140 lbs (82 kg).
		The Sea Wolf was tested with a VLS early in the missile's development, but for unclear reasons work did not continue in this direction; it was first deployed on the Type 22 and Leander class frigates in six-missile canisters.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/SeaWolf_missile (355 words)

	Sea Cat missile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was designed by Short Brothers of Belfast for use against fast jet aircraft that were proving to be too difficult for WWII designed systems to target.
		Initially the missile was targeted visually, with the operator using a joystick and a pair of binoculars.
		Seacat was fitted to virtually every significant warship class in the Royal Navy during the 1960s and 70s, and continued to be used until the widespread entry into service of the Seawolf missile.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sea_Cat_missile (126 words)

	SSN-21 Seawolf-class
		Seawolf was projected to be the most expensive ever built, with a total program cost for 12 submarines estimated in 1991 at $33.6 billion in current dollars.
		The Navy's plans for Seawolf would have resulted in spending 25 percent of the Navy's shipbuilding budget on a ship that was designed for threats that vanished with the end of the Cold War.
		The Seawolf and the BSY-2 Combat Control System were adequately tested to assess operational effectiveness and suitability, but the lack of a full ship shock trial prevented full assessment of Seawolf’s survivability.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/ssn-21.htm (1587 words)

	U.S. Submarine Classes
		Originally commissioned as ballistic missile submarines, the two remaining members of this class of submarine have been converted to special operations attack submarines, with a capacity for carrying and delivering special operations forces added.
		Rapidly being phased out in favor of the LOS ANGELES and SEAWOLF Classes of attack submarines, this venerable and flexible workhorse of the submarine attack fleet brought the Cold War home to the enemies of freedom for over 25 years and continues to operate in the forward areas of the world to this day.
		Of these, the final 23 hulls, referred to as "688I" (for improved), are quieter, incorporate an advanced combat system, and are configured for under-ice operations in that their forward diving planes have been moved from the sail structure to the bow and the sail has been strengthened for breaking through ice.
	www.milnet.com /pentagon/subclass.htm (1612 words)

	Bristol Aero Collection
		The Polaris is a submarine-launched ballistic missile, capable of carrying an nuclear warhead.
		Seawolf is a ship-launched supersonic missile for short range defence against aircraft and missiles.
		The Missile Controller used the optical sight to follow the target, generating command signals which went by connecting cable to the missile control equipment mounted with the launcher.
	www.bristolaero.i12.com /exmissiles.htm (1401 words)

	Naval Technology - SSN Seawolf Class - Attack Submarine
		The Seawolf was conceived as a faster, better-armed eventual replacement for the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarines.
		The first of class, the Seawolf (SSN21), was ordered from the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Connecticut, in January 1989 and commissioned in July 1997.
		With the end of the Cold War and the change of emphasis to littoral operations, the cost of the Seawolf submarines was judged prohibitive and the programme was curtailed in favour of the smaller and cheaper Virginia Class New Attack submarines.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/seawolf (864 words)

	United States Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Current plans in the United States Navy call for keeping the battleships on the NVR until the naval surface fire support gun and missile development programs achieve operational capability, which is expected to occur sometime between 2003 and 2008.
		The missiles were also cruise missiles, which were vulnerable to the defences of the day in a way that ballistic missiles were not.
		The mainstay of the Tomahawk equipped vessels in the early days of the missile's deployment were the Iowa class battleships, and the submarine fleet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Navy (4269 words)

	Magnum - The Launch Pad rocket kits - SeaWolf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		SEAWOLF is the only widely used missile in the world that was designed specifically to kill incoming anti-ship missiles.
		During the Falkland Islands conflict with Argentina, occasionally the first indication a British cruiser had that an enemy was in the area was when the SEAWOLF system activated, swung around and fired.
		Our Seawolf is brought to you in accurate 1/2.72 scale and flies on an Aerotech E30-7 motor.
	www.magnumrockets.com /lpadseaw.html (217 words)

	SEAWOLF SUBMARINE
		Seawolf is a weapons platform that will be performing missions and facing threats it was not designed for.
		Seawolf was conceived and designed during the Cold War for deep water ("blue") confrontations with the Soviet Navy.
		Seawolf is not the kind of submarine that should be designed in the post-Cold War era for post-Cold War missions.
	www.cdi.org /issues/naval/seawolf.html (1599 words)

	Seawolf missile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is an anti-missile missile, designed as a final line of missile defence against both sea-skimming andhigh angle anti-ship missiles.
		Powered by a solid fuelrocket engine the missile has a maximum velocity of Mach 2 and an intercept range of 300 m to 6.5 km, or 10 km and 3000m inaltitude.
		The missile is automatically launchedvertically, but it is very quickly flipped onto its target path by thrust vectoring.
	www.therfcc.org /seawolf-missile-196253.html (310 words)

	Seawolf missile - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		is a naval missile, MBDA is the prime contractor.
		It is an anti-missile_missile, designed as a final line of missile defence against both sea-skimming and high angle anti-ship_missiles.
		The Seawolf then automatically launches the missile vertically, but it is very quickly flipped onto its target path by thrust vectoring.
	www.indexsuche.com /Seawolf_missile.html (327 words)

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		SEAWOLF is the only widely used missile in the world that was designed specifically to kill incoming anti-ship
		the missile, all within the space of a few seconds.
		SEAWOLF is a small, canister fired missile, only two meters long.
	www.unclemikesrocketshack.com /TLP/Seawolf.html (176 words)

	VL Seawolf Block 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Onboard, fully automatic, fast reaction, defence missiles with an effective engagement capacity against multiple attacks by anti-ship missiles, are necessary for ship protection.
		Once the boost motor has separated, the missile is controlled by its rear fins, giving it high manoeuvrability.
		VL SEAWOLF is the third generation in the SEAWOLF air defence weapon system and is in service in the UK Royal Navy where it is fitted in the Type 23 frigates, with 32 missiles installed in vertical sealed canisters ready for firing.
	www.mbda.fr /site/FO/scripts/siteFO_contenu.php?lang=EN&noeu_id=96 (523 words)

	Royal Navy: News & Events
		This is the latest update to the Seawolf missile system, which was first introduced with the Royal Navy in 1979 and saw action in the Falklands conflict.
		The contract was awarded to MBDA by the Ministry of Defence in 2000 for the supply of Seawolf Block 2 missiles to replenish the Royal Navy’s stockpile.
		Seawolf, in both its conventional and vertical launch variants, is fully integrated in Royal Navy Type 22 and Type 23 frigates, respectively, and is currently the UK’s standard naval point defence weapon.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/content.php3?page=1&article=933 (507 words)

	Guidance and tracking upgrade for UK Seawolf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Also tied into the missile development (but not part of either this contract or the Block 2 missile per se) is a new fuzing system to ensure an improved probability of kill.
		The missiles are to be procured at a cost of £378 million (US$544m).
		The RN's Seawolf air-defence missile system on board Type 22 and Type 23 frigates is to receive an upgrade to the Type 911 tracking and guidance system (pictured).
	www.janes.com /defence/naval_forces/news/jdu/jdu001221_1_n.shtml (534 words)

	Miltary Equipment Guides -SSN21
		The Seawolf was also designed with a more efficient hull design, advanced sound absorbing material, as well as improved propulsion and powerplant systems.
		Finally, the major components on the Seawolf are modular in construction and were made to be easily replaced as upgrades in technology became available.
		Replacing the Seawolf will be the NSSN774 Virginia class New Attack Submarine, a smaller, less expensive design which incorporates many of the technological advantages of the Seawolf submarines.
	www.military.com /Resources/EQG/EQGmain?file=SSN21&cat=v&lev=2 (341 words)

	Under way on Nuclear Power
		Although she was able to operate satisfactorily for almost two years on her sodium-cooled reactor, technical and safety considerations indicated that the concept be dropped.
		Brought from conception to operation in five years, the Polaris Fleet ballistic missile system was combined with nuclear propulsion to produce a missile-firing submarine essential to the United States’ deterrent concept.
		Although originally designed to carry the A-1 missile, all five were, in March 1967, being converted to handle the A-3 missiles.
	www.rddesigns.com /saga/nucs.html (3925 words)

	TEST FIRING SUCCESS FOR ROYAL NAVY’S NEW SEAWOLF BLOCK 2 NAVAL MISSILE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The missile is designed to operate with existing in-service Seawolf missile systems while benefiting from cost-effective new missile technologies introduced by MBDA.
		Of significant logistic benefit to navies is the fact that both the conventional and vertical launch versions of the new Block 2 missile now share a common modularity with vertical launch being provided to the standard missile by the simple addition of a boost and turnover pack.
		Seawolf has been the UK Royal Navy’s standard naval point defence weapon system since first coming into service on the later Leander Class frigates and the Type 22 frigates in 1979.
	www.mbda.fr /publications/FO/scripts/newsFO_complet.php?lang=EN&news_id=91 (617 words)

	EADS N.V. - VL Seawolf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Seawolf short-range, anti-missile surface-to-air missile is very effective against fast sea skimming and high-angle supersonic missiles.
		With Mach 2 speed, Seawolf was the first operational anti-missile ship defence weapon system to earn its laurels in the Falklands war of 1982.
		Seawolf is in service with the British Royal Navy on Type 23 frigates, with 32 missiles installed in sealed canisters ready for firing.
	www.eads.com /frame/content/en/800/content/OF00000000400004/3/89/560893.html (151 words)

	Sea Wolf
		The missiles are fitted into sealed canisters in a 32cannister silo.
		Missile exhaust gases are directed up and out the sides of the canister.
		The thrust vector and boost motor unit is jettisoned and thereby increases per missile firing costs a compared to other missiles.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/sea_wolf.htm (206 words)

	MILNET: U.S.S. Seawolf SSN-21
		The Seawolf is the successor to the Los Angeles class nuclear powered attack submarines.
		For propulsion, the Seawolf class boats use a single nuclear reactor and a steam turbine which drives a geared shaft which in turn drives a screw which in turn drives the screw through the water.
		For land attack, the Seawolf attack subs can launch the Tomahawk TLAM-D (Tactical Land Attack Missile), which flys a low and circuitous route to its target to avoid radar detection.
	www.milnet.com /pentagon/seawolf.htm (763 words)

	GDP Crew
		After SHEFFIELD, BROADSWORD acted as anti missile escort either to one or other of the carriers or to naval gunfire support missions until the big day, Friday 21st May, the day on which we escorted the amphibious group to the beachhead in San Carlos Water.
		To combat them we had the Seawolf missile; however the environment we were operating in did not let it perform to the best of its ability.
		Seawolf, with the help of L/S BALL took the left hand target, which left two for the riflemen and 40/60 crew.
	www.btinternet.com /~broadsword82/ourstory/gdp.htm (892 words)

	Navy Matters \| Type 45 Section
		The one criticism of the class was that they seemed under-armed for their size and cost, and so the Exocet missile system was installed on all ships after the first three, and those would be fitted with it at there mid-life refits (although Antelope was sunk during the Falklands conflict).
		The Seawolf was completely automated, with no human operators, and on many occasions "the first warning of impending attack was the 'whoosh' as a Seawolf left its launcher." [note 1]
		While this caused no essential clash, the missile being capable of both missions, the radar needed to perform the area defence role (as required by the Royal Navy) would have to be of a markedly different nature to that required by the point defence role (France and Italy).
	navy-matters.beedall.com /cngf.htm (10464 words)

	Naval Technology - Duke Class (Type 23) - Frigates
		Harpoon is a medium-range (90 km) anti-ship missile using inertial and active radar guidance.
		VLS Seawolf is a surface-to-air missile with command to line of sight (CLOS) guidance and radar and electro-optic tracking.
		MBDA (formerly the missile division of Alenia Marconi Systems) has been awarded a contract for the mid-life update of the Seawolf missile which will include upgrading the radar tracking system and addition of infrared tracking, with sensor fusion technology.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/t23/index.html (1288 words)

	Leander Class General Purpose Frigate ( Type 12 Improved)
		In their place a sextuplet Seawolf missile launcher and four exocet missile launchers were added.
		Hence the Seawolf Conversion of the last five Broad beam Leanders was cancelled whilst as part of a general scale down of the surface fleet some of the older units would be retired early.
		Diomede’s Seawolf conversion was cancelled under the 1981 Defence Review and she was scheduled to enter the Standby Squadron at Chatham.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Postwar/Frigates/leander.htm (6092 words)

	New contract for air defence missiles secures 1000 UK jobs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A £260 million contract for a mid-life update of the Royal Navy's Seawolf missile system has been awarded to Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS), securing over 1000 jobs at AMS and its sub-contractors in the United Kingdom, Defence Procurement Minister Baroness Symons announced today.
		The Seawolf short range air defence system, fitted to the Royal Navy's Type 22 and Type 23 frigates, was battle proven in the Falklands and Gulf campaigns.
		The mid-life update will bring improved system performance, keeping Seawolf at the forefront of ship missile system technology and allow it to meet emerging threats well into the future.
	www.mod.uk /dpa/news/pn2000/dec00/missile_contract.htm (280 words)

	Navy Fact File: Attack Submarines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Seawolf is designed to be exceptionally quiet, fast well-armed with advanced sensors.
		The Benjamin Franklin-class were converted from Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines and carry drydeck shelters.
		The former missile spaces have been converted to accommodations, storage, and recreation spaces.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/factfile/ships/ship-ssn.html (545 words)

	VL Seawolf Block 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It has proved its efficiency against fast sea skimming and high angle supersonic missiles.
		Vertical Launch SEAWOLF is a fully automatic, fast reaction, high speed, point defence missile system offering an effective counter to multiple missile attack.
		VL SEAWOLF (VL = Vertical Launch) is accurate enough to intercept 4.5 inch (114 mm) shells.
	www.matra-def.fr /site/FO/scripts/siteFO_contenu.php?lang=EN&noeu_id=96 (523 words)

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