BTW, the Kyndas had eight ready missiles and eight reload missiles.
but I’ve read they could not reload at sea
Sea Sparrow was really effective against missiles.
Did you mean NOT very effective
The early Sea Sparrow with Mk115 director was man steered and not able to shoot down missiles. The more modern Mk91 director may be theoretical able to do it, but I am sure it was not really effective against missiles
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When do you think the more modern Mk91 director was common ? in the late 80s
The flight path of P-35 was unfavorable for Sea Sparrow and better suited for Terrier and Tartar. The P-35 flew with 1.3 mach, the reaction time was very short for Sea Sparrow. P-35 flew around 100m above sea for the last miles to the ship. It was removed in 2003. There were enough replacements for P-35 around in the Soviet/Russian Navy much earlier and why it was not replaced? It seems it was still effective.
So sea sparrow was essentially point defence ? could an average 80s DD or FFG with 1 sea sparrow launcher with 2 directors shoot down 6 -8 P-35s ? if not then it seems like each kynda can knock out two DD or FFG !
BTW thank you so much for answering my questions I really appreciate the valuable info esp about the P-35
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