The Shipwreck example describes a salvo in which one missile flies higher and directs others flying low. If the higher missile is destroyed, another rises to take over its role. Variations of cooperative guidance are described as less unusual than the advertising around this system suggests. The panel disagrees over whether the arrangement surprised NATO, with the rebuttal pointing to years of Russian publicity before operational service. Public discussion of attractive capabilities is linked to the search for foreign sales. These large ship-launched weapons remain outside the original question about aircraft-launched missiles.
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How a missile salvo can replace its directing missile
A higher-flying missile can direct a low-flying salvo and be replaced if destroyed, while claims of surprise are challenged by the system's prior publicity.