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Seaslug Missile

UK radar beam riding surface-to-air missile carried by County-class destroyers.

Also searchable as Sea Slug, Sea Slug Missile.

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  1. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    36:18Seaslug's danger in an anti-ship roleQ&A
  2. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:41:43Fitting Seaslug into a Leander-sized shipQ&A
  3. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    2:35:24Sea Dart, Shtorm and British missile independenceChapter
  4. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    42:33A hypothetical Canadian Thelon class based on County destroyersQ&A
  5. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:31:18A preferred alternative to Sea SlugQ&A
  6. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:04:47Why Belgrano's armour would not solve its missile problemQ&A
  7. Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:08:22What the County-class destroyers lost during designQ&A
  8. Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...
    19:13Sea Slug shows how missile systems changed destroyer designNotable Point
  9. Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...
    27:33County class destroyers kept presence and air defence togetherChapter
  10. Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...
    29:30Sea Slug's Falklands use extended beyond air defenceNotable Point
  11. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:30:32Correcting Sea Cat and SeaslugNotable Point
  12. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:01:38Which British light cruisers were the better missile-conversion candidatesQ&A
  13. Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...
    2:39:48A twin-arm launcher on the County classQ&A
  14. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:16:38Was Sea Slug better than Talos?Q&A
  15. Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:52:35Judging Sea Slug, Sea Cat and Sea Dart in contextQ&A
  16. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    7:57:41A cruiser-scale successor to the Sea Slug County classQ&A
  17. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    10:23:38How far a Tribal-class officer could move forward in timeQ&A
  18. Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age
    8:11Why early missiles forced a cautious destroyer transitionNotable Point
  19. Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age
    12:18Why a missile destroyer came before a missile cruiserNotable Point
  20. Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age
    12:55County class combined missiles with cruiser-like presenceChapter
  21. Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age
    16:37Why the Darings did not receive Sea Slug conversionsNotable Point
  22. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:34:54Replacing Sea Slug with Sea Wolf or Sea DartQ&A
  23. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:47:53Sea Slug in the Falklands: firings and discarded missilesNotable Point
  24. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    36:24Could Tiger-class cruisers become guided-missile ships?Q&A
  25. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:06:56Sea Slug against General BelgranoQ&A
  26. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    3:25:00County-class destroyers versus helicopter cruisersQ&A
  27. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    3:31:41The escort-cruiser studies deferred by PolarisNotable Point
  28. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    2:32:50Sea Dart technology in a Sea Slug-sized missileQ&A
  29. Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    47:16Would Sea Sparrow have improved Falklands air defence?Q&A
  30. Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...
    1:47:17Sea Slug and the early missile-development sprintQ&A
  31. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    6:52:06Cartridge cases, lifting machinery, and manual shell handlingQ&A
  32. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    35:28Why the County class used its distinctive missile launcherQ&A
  33. Carriers in Science Fiction: Parsite Craft as a primary means of defence & offence...
    3:30Why warship definitions should follow roles, not rangesChapter
  34. USS Long Beach: Comment Response
    25:26The missing British land-based air-defence layerNotable Point
  35. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    3:33:09The cost of converting old destroyers for missilesQ&A
  36. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    59:38Minotaur, early guided missiles, and the case for fundingNotable Point
  37. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    22:30Protecting a missile-refitted Lion from gun blastQ&A
  38. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    3:06:35Why the County-class destroyers left service earlyQ&A
  39. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    32:32Heavy torpedoes demand handling and reloading machineryNotable Point
  40. Bruships 70: Travelling along...
    15:31A hypothetical missile conversion for TigerQ&A
  41. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)
    52:47Sea Slug saturation and the trap of unique missile fitsNotable Point
  42. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    4:00:39Vanguard against Falklands bombs and ExocetsQ&A
  43. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    1:11:45Swiftsure's reconstruction exposed a weakened hullChapter
  44. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    2:43:30The unbuilt British missile-gun cruiserQ&A
  45. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    1:04:43Science fiction as a prompt, not a blueprintChapter
  46. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    1:08:00Sea Slug, Type 3 shells, and unrotated projectilesNotable Point
  47. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    57:09An uncertain Sea Slug surrender anecdoteNotable Point
  48. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class
    18:04Seaslug, radar, and the Falklands counterfactualNotable Point