Sea Wolf is a naval surface-to-air missile system designed and built by BAC, which became British Aerospace Dynamics and is now part of MBDA. It is an automated point-defence weapon system intended as a short-range defence against both sea-skimming and high-angle anti-ship missiles and against aircraft. The Royal Navy fielded two versions, the GWS-25 Conventionally Launched Sea Wolf and the GWS-26 Vertically Launched Sea Wolf. In Royal Navy service Sea Wolf has since been replaced by the Sea Ceptor missile system. The sources read for this entry give no introduction year, so none is stated here.
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British Aircraft Corporation (1967-1977) BAe Dynamics (1977-1999) MBDA UK (since 1999)
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1. Sea Wolf (missile) (Wikipedia)
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naval surface-to-air missile system
History or design section, GWS-25 entry
It entered service with the Royal Navy in 1979 and was used during the Falklands War.
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Sea Ceptor entered service on the Type 23 frigates in 2018 replacing the Sea Wolf
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is a naval surface-to-air missile system
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