sealordlawrence
April 30, 2007 at 12:39 am

Chilean Sea Slug missile?

I am looking for information on the version of the Sea Slug missile that was used by Chile. All I have found so far is a couple of refernces saying that it abandoned the strap-on forward mounted rockets and used tandem boost instead, is this true? These things were floating around for years so there must be some more information and at least one picture floating around somewhere?

Thanks in advance Sealordlawrence.

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By: Wanshan - 30th May 2007 at 19:04

At least two of the vessels kept their sea slug launchers until the late 1990’s.

According to wiki, the last of their Sea Slug systems was not decommissioned until 2001.

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By: sealordlawrence - 29th May 2007 at 17:18

I thought Sea Slug was removed from the County Class ships that were sold to Chile, the area around the launcher being built up into an extended heildeck.

At least two of the vessels kept their sea slug launchers until the late 1990’s.

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By: BIGVERN1966 - 29th May 2007 at 17:10

I thought Sea Slug was removed from the County Class ships that were sold to Chile, the area around the launcher being built up into an extended heildeck.