Missilery news

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USN ships are far from powerless in defense. The SM missiles for an array of capabilities and now includes the Swiss Army knife of naval missiles.

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Two very sneaky and dangerous and smart AShM's are now deployed by American forces. Three counting the anti-ship Tomahawk-V. So far the LRASM is only deployed on aircraft but there are plans to put them on surface ships and submarines.

Like the Harpoon-ll most of America's AShM's have a dual capability to attack land targets as well as enemy ships. The SM-6 can attack air targets, enemy shipping, AND Land targets.

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While not a missile per say this remarkable new radar is certainly a big part of the kill chain. The scalable SPY-6 program is making a new headline with its first placement on a USN LPD. http://www.dmitryshulgin.com/2023/02...lance-radar-2/

With over 20X the power and fidelity of the SPY-1 the SPY-6 is already being produced in our new flight-lll of DDG's in the USS Jack Lucas https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news...iii-destroyer/

If you ever want to hear a story about a true American hero read here about Jack H. Lucas <salute> https://www.nationalww2museum.org/wa...t-world-war-ii

And the best part about the SPY-6 is its a paradigm changing radar that is also scalable which means it not only can be upgraded easily but it can be put on about anything that floats in some form or another.

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Big missilery news here. https://americandefensenews.com/2023...against-china/ Ive already reported how Japan is going to bulk order land based Tomahawk missiles from America but it looks like they are in a hurry.

By March of next year, Japan plans to bulk-order U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles. This comes as the country plans to rapidly build up its military. This was confirmed by the country’s Minister of Defence Yasukazu Hamasa Tuesday. By completing a contract this next financial year, beginning April 1st, with Raytheon Technologies Corp, Japan will be able to purchase their Tomahawks through the U.S. government’s foreign military sales (FMS) program.
Japan’s latest defense budget has jumped by a quarter from last year and includes $1.6 billion that has been allotted toward buying cruise missiles, according to Reuters. This is the country’s biggest military build-up since World War two.
While the Japanese government hasn’t said how many missiles they exactly plan to buy local media in Japan have said they could buy as many as 500. They have set $1.6 billion aside for the missiles – so we will see what happens next.

Buying 500 is almost unbelievable and would make Japan the 2nd Largest operator of the missile outside of America. I can't see these being all land based since the IDF's DD's already have VLS tubes built into them. I would think they'd want these missiles dispersed more. Mobile land based Tomahawks are already being developed for the USMC and if I remember right Australia wants some too. They plan to put them on submarines as well as surface ships.

As well the Royal Navy wants to upgrades their's to the BLK-V standard. As well the latest news about AUKUS , whispers really, is that the RAN is going to choose Virginia class SSN's that will be built in Australia. This is incredible news on several fronts. First is the fact we'd actually transfer this tech to another country's boat yard. 2nd is the fact that Australia would spend the cash for the huge outlay of the building and training of up to 8 advanced SSN's.

Being the fact they are such close allies and would help squeeze China it all seems worth the risk. the official announcement is due in March.

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Interesting videos. Way over me my head in understanding

I hope they keep the sailors safe.

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USN ships are far from powerless in defense. The SM missiles for an array of capabilities and now includes the Swiss Army knife of naval missiles.

The SeaRam is being replaced on certain DDG's with the laser system. Now for the SM-2/3/6.Tomahawks on the Tico's and one Burke to be decommed equals 2,788 missile slots to be lost if the Navy has its way. No ships equals no missiles. Ships take four years to build crew and train and another year before they deploy. That is the equation that needs to be understood. CNO Smurf Gilday doesn't understand that either.

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I wonder if the Japs will decide to go with nuke warheads on those Tomahawks one day?

It sure would piss off the Chicoms !

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Well even we dont have Tomahawk's with nuclear warheads deployed tho I think we keep the W80 warheads for the TALM-N's in storage. This in accordance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty of 1987 which limits nuclear weapons and nuclear cruise missiles of this type. A treaty which the Reds have broken. The Biden administration, in all its wisdom, canceled the program for a new nuclear cruise missile of this type tho we are going ahead with an air launched one allowed by the treaty.

The W80 is a dial a yield weapon. I forget the low setting but it can blow at 150 kt on the high one "Hiroshima was 16 kt". This one weapon scared the living shit our of the Reds because they had no defense against it and considered it a first strike weapon. So it brought them to the negotiating table. The dial a yield option is simply choosing between a regular fission explosion or a 2 stage H-bomb one.

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https://warriormaven.com/air/laser-guided-army-marine-corps-rockets-can-now-kill-tanks

Cools news. A new capability for the Hydra 70 rocket.

Army and Marine Corps attack helicopters and Air Force fixed-wing fighter jets have for years now been armed with Hydra 70 2.75in folding fin laser-guided rockets called the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System, a tested and extremely effective weapon. Now APKWS is exploding in a new operational sphere with new technology, range, guidance and lethality, enhancements which are already expanding concepts of operation and tactics as they apply to modern warfare.

In recent years, BAE Systems developers have taken specific measures to enable an “anti-armor” attack capability for APKWS, introducing a new tank-killing option for the smaller rockets. This of course increases lethality as it offers helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft the opportunity to extend their target envelope, mission dwell time and ability to conduct missions with more “shots” or weapons on board, given that HELLFIRE tank-killing missiles are much larger.

“We’re adding anti-armor and allowing it to engage counter UAS Systems and fire from UAS Systems,” Samantha Kirsh, program manager, APKWS, BAE Systems told Warrior in an interview. “With anti armor, if you can have five or six more shots per sortie with these than you would with HELLFIRES. That's a pretty big deal in terms of time on station dwell time and lethality.”

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The new AARGM-88-ER might be adopted to fire from the ground or surface ships. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...usting-missile. A paradigm changing version of this radar hunting missile is being developed now and will have far more range and speed then any previous version. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...it-inside-f-35

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F22 Raptor upgrade and AIM-260 JATM.

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Well even we dont have Tomahawk's with nuclear warheads deployed tho I think we keep the W80 warheads for the TALM-N's in storage. This in accordance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty of 1987 which limits nuclear weapons and nuclear cruise missiles of this type. A treaty which the Reds have broken. The Biden administration, in all its wisdom, canceled the program for a new nuclear cruise missile of this type tho we are going ahead with an air launched one allowed by the treaty.

The W80 is a dial a yield weapon. I forget the low setting but it can blow at 150 kt on the high one "Hiroshima was 16 kt". This one weapon scared the living shit our of the Reds because they had no defense against it and considered it a first strike weapon. So it brought them to the negotiating table. The dial a yield option is simply choosing between a regular fission explosion or a 2 stage H-bomb one.

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Project Mayhem. Top secret and paradigm changing. https://warriormaven.com/air/hypersonic-attack-drone-mayhem-air-force-research-lab

More next generation hypersonic. https://warriormaven.com/air/air-for...rsonic-weapons

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Navy Times-Navy’s hypersonic launcher is headed to flight testing next year

By Megan Eckstein
Feb 21, 07:04 PM
Artist rendering of Conventional Prompt Strike weapon system from destroyer USS Zumwalt. (Lockheed Martin image) WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin will have a ship-based hypersonic missile launcher ready for flight tests next year, the company said, as part of the development work covered by a contract awarded Feb. 18.

Through a collaboration between the Army and the Navy, the hypersonic missile itself is already in flight tests, which will continue this year ahead of the Army forming its first hypersonic missile battery later in 2023. The Army has a basic truck-towed launcher and a standard weapon control system, developed through a previous weapon systems integration contract.

Now, according to Steve Layne, vice president of Hypersonic Strike Weapon Systems at Lockheed Martin, last week’s $1.2 billion contract award will use the progress so far to create a sea-based hypersonic capability.

Lockheed Martin will develop a new launcher for the Zumwalt-class destroyer, the weapon control system will be adjusted for the maritime environment, and a subsequent round of flight tests will evaluate the changes that turn the basic hypersonic weapon system into the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike capability.

Layne said Lockheed Martin, the Navy and the rest of the industry team are more than a year into developing the ship-based launcher.

“We’re mid-way through that development phase right now,” he said in a Feb. 21 interview. “We’ve done a lot of sub-scale and full-scale testing and proofing on that capability, and more to follow as we move through 2023.”

That development work this year will lead to “a flight test campaign next year.”

In November, Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe, the head of the Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs office, said the ship-based launcher would require pressurized air to shoot the weapon out of the launcher to a great enough height to allow the missile to light off without torching the ship deck below it. He said early Navy testing had already shown this was possible.

Even as Lockheed Martin is working on the launcher, the weapon control system and more, Ingalls Shipbuilding is on contract to modify destroyer Zumwalt, so the futuristic-looking ship will be prepared to receive these new capabilities during a 2025 refit.

Ingalls Shipbuilding President Kari Wilkinson told reporters last month the Navy still hadn’t finalized the statement of work for the ship refit, as the sea service weighs how extensive a job it may be to install this new weapon onto Zumwalt and sister ships Michael Monsoor and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Layne said the previous hypersonic missile contract covered development and testing of the basic weapon system, as well as missile deliveries to the Army’s first batteries, while this month’s contract includes the development work, as well as the delivery of missiles for use on Zumwalt destroyers and missiles for Army batteries that will be established later in the fielding process.

The Navy will need to award a third contract later this decade to cover the development of a submarine-launched hypersonic missile capability, Layne said. In this case again, the missile will be common, but the Virginia-class submarine will need its own launcher and its own modifications to the weapon control system. The third contract would cover that development, missile deliveries to submarines, plus any further missiles required by the Army or the Navy’s three Zumwalt destroyers, he added.

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6 new ATA missiles in development.

Also the "Mutant" is showing promise.