Slitherine

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Navy Recognition was the first to reveal images and (limited) details on the Vertical Launch Joint Strike Missile project when our team stumbled upon a scale model of the anti-ship missile project on the Kongsberg's booth in October last year during the AUSA show. You can read about it here. Kongsberg has since got back to us with some fresh details and an illustration.

Here is the information provided by a Kongsberg representative (regional director of missile systems) by email. Our original email included various questions such as the reasons why JSM was picked over the NSM for vertical launch application, when the development of VL-JSM started, where the requirement comes from or how long the booster stays attached to the missile: