The Mark 11 guided missile launching system (GMLS) is a twin-arm missile launcher designed for use on frigates and other military vessels.
The launcher could use the
RIM-24 Tartar
The General Dynamics RIM-24 Tartar was a medium-range naval surface-to-air missile (SAM), and was among the earliest surface-to-air missiles to equip United States Navy ships. The Tartar was the third of the so-called "3 T's", the three primar ...
or
RIM-66 Standard
The RIM-66 Standard MR (SM-1MR/SM-2MR) is a medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM), with a secondary role as an anti-ship missile, originally developed for the United States Navy (USN). A member of the Standard Missile family of weapons, the ...
MR missile and was used on s and the first thirteen s. The destroyers had one launcher at the rear of the ship while the cruisers had 2 launchers mounted amidships on either side of the ship.
New Threat Upgrade
New Threat Upgrade (NTU) was a United States Navy program to improve and modernize the capability of existing cruisers and destroyers equipped with Terrier and Tartar anti-aircraft systems, keeping them in service longer.
The Program
was select ...
added the ability to launch
RGM-84 Harpoon
The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile
manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security). The AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) and later AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack ...
anti-ship missiles. The single armed
Mark 13 missile launcher
The Mark 13 guided missile launching system (GMLS) is a single-arm missile launcher designed for use on frigates and other military vessels. Because of its distinctive single-armed design, the Mark 13 is often referred to as the "one-armed bandit" ...
was similar in size and footprint and was used in the later
Charles F. Adams class destroyers instead of the Mark 11.
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Gallery
File:USS Lawrence (DDG 4) launching a RGM-84A Harpoon.jpg, An RGM-84A Harpoon antiship cruise missile is fired from a Mark 11 launcher aboard the guided missile destroyer
See also
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List of United States Navy Guided Missile Launching Systems The Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) is a device for launching guided missiles, and is found on many U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight unifor ...
References
External links
GMM 3 and 2 - GMLS
Naval weapons of the United States
Naval guided missile launch systems of the United States
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