The Sea Wolf is a naval guided missile system developed by the British Aircraft Corporation to defend Royal Navy ships against anti-ship missiles and aircraft. It has two versions - the conventionally launched Sea Wolf and the vertically launched Sea Wolf. The vertically launched Sea Wolf provides 360 degree coverage with 32 missiles launched from silos and has proven effective in combat, defending ships automatically with precision tracking. It remains in service on Type 23 frigates until 2020.

1. SEA WOLF NAVAL GUIDED
MISSILE SYSTEM
GUARDING ROYAL
NAVY AGAINST
THREATS

2. Introduction
• Sea Wolf is a naval guided missile system designed and
built by BAC, later to become British Aerospace (BAe)
Dynamics (now MBDA).
• It is an automated point-defense weapon system
designed as a final line of defense against both sea-
skimming and high angle anti-ship missiles and aircraft.
• The Royal Navy has fielded two versions, the GWS-
25 Conventionally Launched Sea Wolf (CLSW) and
the GWS-26 Vertically Launched Sea Wolf (VLSW)
forms.

4. Development
• The system was developed by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC)
from a 1964 requirement for a replacement for the Sea Cat
missile system to give small warships protection against anti-ship
missiles and aircraft.
• The first deployment, in the GWS-25 form, was on the Type 22
frigate (2 systems) and later on modified Leander class frigates (1
system) in six-round, manually loaded, trainable launchers.
• It entered service with the Royal Navy in 1979 and was fired in
anger during the Falklands War.
• Current deployment is the GWS-26 Mod 1 system on Type 23
frigates, fielding 32 vertical launch missiles (VL Sea Wolf) in its
missile silo. It is expected to remain in service until 2020.

6. Weight 82 kg (180.8 lb)
Length 1.9 m (6 ft 2.8 in)
Diameter 300 mm(11.8 in)
Warhead 14 kg (30.9 lb) HE Blast-Fragmentation
Detonation
mechanism
Direct contact/Proximity fuse activated
Engine Blackcap solid fuel sustainer
Wingspan 450 mm (17.7 in)
Operational
range
(VLS) 1–10 km(0.5–5.4 nmi)
Flight ceiling 3,000 m (9,842.5 ft)
Speed Mach 3 (2,284 mph; 3,675 km/h)

8. VL SEAWOLF
• Combat proven.
• 360º coverage.
• Fully automatic operation.
• Precision target & missile tracking.

10. References
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Wolf_(missil
e)
• http://www.deagel.com/Surface-to-Air-
Missiles/Seawolf-Block-2_a001119003.aspx
• http://www.mbda-
systems.com/products/maritime-superiority/vl-
seawolf/57/

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