RIM-7 Sea Sparrow
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The RIM-7 Sea Sparrow is a U.S. ship-borne short-range anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapon system, primarily intended for defense against anti-ship missiles. The system was developed in the early 1960s from the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile as a lightweight "point-defense" weapon that could be retrofitted to existing ships as quickly as possible, often in place of existing gun-based anti-aircraft weapons. In this incarnation, it was a very simple system guided by a manually aimed radar illuminator.
A Sea Sparrow launched from the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
Mark 115 manned director, initially used to guide a Sea Sparrow to its target as a part of BPDMS.
USS O'Brien launches a Sea Sparrow missile, shown with its mid-wing still folded as it departs a NSSM Mark 29 launcher on November 5, 2003.
Two Mark 95 unmanned illumination radars used to guide a Sea Sparrow to its target.
The Mark 41 Vertical Launching System is a shipborne missile canister launching system which provides a rapid-fire launch capability against hostile threats. The Vertical Launch System (VLS) concept was derived from work on the Aegis Combat System.
A single 8-cell Mk 41 VLS module fitted to New Zealand frigate HMNZS Te Kaha
Mark 41 Mod 0 Vertical Launching System on USS Chosin
A Tomahawk missile being launched from the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System aboard the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Farragut
The VLS cells onboard USS San Jacinto.