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Originally Posted by chico20854
Was this the same project as the Sea Lance?
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This was the original concept of what would become Sea Lance. The primary difference was that ASW SOW was intended from the start to be primarily a nuclear delivery system, then the option of the Mark 50 ALWT as an alternative warhead.
Later (mid-80s) it was determined that the concept of one weapon for both surface and submarine had too many technical and program difficulties and the decision was made to split with Sea lance being the sub-version and the Vertical Launch ASROC (VLA) developed as the surface version.
Of interest is that Boeing's internal name for this was originally Seahawk until the Navy designated it Sea Lance.