Aster versus SM-6 as an industrial choice

Could the United States share technology such as SM-6 with the United Kingdom?

The reply questions the need for SM-6 alongside Aster and emphasizes launcher and combat-system integration, while identifying SM-3 as a more distinct capability.

At the time of the recording, the British air-defense destroyers' launcher and combat-system fit makes SM-6 a question of integration as well as missile performance. Mark 41 VLS and the required data-conversion arrangements are identified as missing, with a substantial combat-system change, potentially involving Aegis, proposed as the consequence. Aster is judged to cover much of the same requirement, while SM-3 is singled out as a more distinct capability. The domestic work and exports associated with Aster form another part of the comparison. These are the reasons given for questioning the value of an SM-6 purchase, without establishing a technical trial result between the missiles.