Standard Missile Discussion

[Not James Stockdale]

Honestly surprised that there wasn't an idea bout having a Sabot deal for the Mk57 that allows Mk41s to fit.

At least I never heard of one but will not surprise me if it was planned when there was to be 32 Zumwalts and died with that

What do you mean by a "sabot"? The Mk 57 is able to shoot the same missiles as the Mk 41. I don't know if they use different launch canisters than the Mk 41.

 

[CastleBravo]

What do you mean by a "sabot"? The Mk 57 is able to shoot the same missiles as the Mk 41. I don't know if they use different launch canisters than the Mk 41.

That's the problem, it is a different size canister which means a different supply chain. Any new VLS system should be designed to accept Mk 41 canister sizes. Mk 57 might have gone some where if there was some sort of adapter that allowed a standard 25" Mk 41 canister to fit inside the Mk 57 rather than requiring missiles to be loaded into Mk 57 specific canisters.