[CodeMasterPhilzar]

The "bluebirds" are on the rails when you go in and out of port and to conduct training but cannot launch.

Grin, I used to be involved in building/testing/deploying the "blue birds" or GMTRs... They could fly, briefly... :-) That is, on the original (4?) Aegis ships with the MK-26 trainable launchers. They could "dud jettison" a round - including our GMTRs... Of course, that was just enough to clear the rail... Thanks for bringing back some memories.

[neodad]

Yeah. The Block I Aegis had the Mk. 26 launchers. Looked cool coming in and out of port. It was Yorktown, Vincennes, Valley Forge, and Ticonderoga. I’m partial to the MK 26 over the VLS.