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1959
1959 - 1571.PDF
..•*•• Flight, 5 June 1959 .IS THHEST THING THE NAVY HAS EVER HAD' This was the opinion of the officer commanding H.M.S. Girdle Ness, the Royal Navy's guided weapons trials ship, after extensive trials in the Mediterranean. He was commenting' on Britain's first ship-to-air missile and he added: "It is extremely accurate-a most excellent and necessary addition to the Fleet armoury". Since 1956 extensive trials have been carried out on every part of the Seaslug system aboard H.M.S. Girdle Ness. Many missiles have been fired, scoring direct hits on target aircraft-though the Seaslug, which can engage bombers at maximum ceiling, need not score a hit to destroy its objective. Both the missile and the shipborne equipment passed the rigorous tests with flying colours. The Seaslug is due to be fitted into four ships of the new County class. It has been designed and constructed by A.W.A. in collaboration with Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd., and The General Electric Co., Ltd. SIR W. G. ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH AIRCRAFT LTD. Baginton, Coventry. MEMBER OF HAWKER SXDDELEY AVIATION DIVIS
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