Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Sea Cat 2 and Royal Navy missile logistics

A second Sea Cat model need not create a permanent two-version supply chain if the older weapons are upgraded.

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Question

Would adopting Short Sea Cat 2 badly complicate Royal Navy logistics by creating two missile models?

Short answer

Probably not, because the older Sea Cat inventory could be upgraded to the new standard.

Notes

If Short Sea Cat 2 were adopted, the probable solution would be to upgrade the original Sea Cat missiles to the new standard. That would avoid maintaining two permanently separate versions. This proposal assumes that conversion is practical; the required hardware changes remain unspecified.