Originally Posted by
Wensleydale
When trying to land on a pitching ship, I would imagine that deck clearance with a lower mounted turret could be a problem?
You could design out that risk by putting it on an offset step under the nose (sort of like it is now, but other way up).
I would have though the advantages of having 360 horizon would far outweigh any of the difficulties of integrating the various systems. I don't know of any other platform that puts the EO/IR turret in such a compromising configuration.