The Kynda concept promised eight-missile salvos against convoys, ports, and carrier groups, but the control system could manage only four missiles at a time. Experiments could not remove that practical ceiling, so carrying launch capacity for sixteen weapons no longer delivered the planned tactical effect. The Kresta response follows from a hard design-space question: if only four missiles can be controlled, what capabilities should occupy the remaining volume? The surrounding anti-aircraft, rocket, and torpedo systems also show how impressive specifications could reach service with serious first-generation limitations.
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Missile-control limits drive the next design step
Kynda's inability to control the eight-missile salvos envisioned for attacks on convoys, ports, and carriers forces a rethink of both launcher space and the weapons placed around it.