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Old 03-24-2008, 22:20 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by gunnut View Post
Don't many navies still use the SM-1 missile? Taiwan, Spain, France, Turkey, Greece...

I thought all of them received some ships armed with SM-1s. Most of the European ships should be deactivated soon, but some like Taiwan still uses it.
Yes many navies have recieved surplus ships armed with SM-1 and they ALL face the same problem of block-obsolescence as the missile inventories start to time-out. That will require either: A) Replacement of the inventory, B) Refurbishment of the inventory or C) accepting that the inventory might not function when needed.
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