User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 3 of 3

Thread: Navy Prepares to Add New Ship-Killer Missile to LCS

  1. #1
    Original Ranter
    Points: 859,042, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 90.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialCreated Album picturesOverdrive50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Awards:
    Posting Award
    Peter1469's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    496568
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    NOVA
    Posts
    241,693
    Points
    859,042
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    153,218
    Thanked 147,578x in 94,412 Posts
    Mentioned
    2552 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Navy Prepares to Add New Ship-Killer Missile to LCS

    Navy Prepares to Add New Ship-Killer Missile to LCS

    The navy wants to add surface to surface and defensive improvements to its littoral combat ships (LCS).

    The U.S. Navy is moving ahead with plans to bolster the firepower of its littoral combat ships, adding new capabilities to the vessels that will improve their lethality and survivability in a conflict, a Lockheed Martin executive said Jan. 17.

    Plans are underway to equip the LCS with the Naval Strike Missile, an over-the-horizon anti-ship missile made by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence and Raytheon that Joe DePietro, Lockheed's vice president of small combatants and ship systems, described as having a "long-range surface-to-surface capability that exceeds what the [Boeing-made] Harpoons can do today on current surface combatants."



    The Navy also plans to add the Surface Electronic Warfare Information Program, or SEWIP, Block 2 electronic surveillance sensors to the vessels and the MK 53 Decoy Launching System, or Nulka, to protect against inbound missiles.


    DePietro said the service hopes to put the NSM on all LCS platforms, starting with those slated to deploy in 2020.


    "Having some of these capabilities helps it to be in a position to be more 'a little bit scout, a little bit more offensive,' have a little more capability to be integrated with cruisers and destroyers," he said.


    The changes are being made to the ships -- the oldest is less than 10 years old -- out of concerns for their ability to handle a changing mission set. The LCS initially was built to conduct operations in the shallows, including defense, anti-surface warfare and mine counter-measures. It now will need to perform those missions and more as China and Russia assert their maritime power, DePietro said.
    ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ


  2. #2
    Points: 34,178, Level: 45
    Level completed: 16%, Points required for next Level: 1,272
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    50000 Experience PointsVeteranYour first Group
    jimmyz's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    176619
    Join Date
    Jul 2014
    Posts
    11,597
    Points
    34,178
    Level
    45
    Thanks Given
    0
    Thanked 6,315x in 4,381 Posts
    Mentioned
    84 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    An open South China Sea applauds this development.
    " I'm old-fashioned. I like two sexes! And another thing, all of a sudden I don't like being married to what is known as a 'new woman'. I want a wife, not a competitor. Competitor! Competitor!" - Spencer Tracy in 'Adam's Rib' (1949)

    Art thou every retard among us related to thine uncle or mistress by way of moral or illegitimate rendezvous? Thus, we are one side of the other's coin by luck or pluck. - Jimmyz

  3. The Following User Says Thank You to jimmyz For This Useful Post:

    Peter1469 (01-24-2019)

  4. #3
    Points: 34,558, Level: 45
    Level completed: 41%, Points required for next Level: 892
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    Tagger First ClassYour first Group25000 Experience PointsVeteranSocial
    Admiral Ackbar's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    5002
    Join Date
    Jun 2018
    Location
    United States
    Posts
    6,897
    Points
    34,558
    Level
    45
    Thanks Given
    4,270
    Thanked 4,992x in 3,109 Posts
    Mentioned
    168 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    We are well defended and this is a nice upgrade, The key though is not any one weapons system. The articles allude to that. The great power of the United States Navy comes from the way it deploys an incredible array of capabilities. Finest Underwater Battle Space capabilities, with superior communications, The deadlist and most accurate weapons systems, the latest aircraft etc...

    But really one assest stands out, and that it basing and alliance partners. The is key to forward deployment and the resulting control of the seas. You may sink a ship or two, but in the end the attrition battle is lost by any enemy.
    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining"----Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales

  5. The Following User Says Thank You to Admiral Ackbar For This Useful Post:

    Peter1469 (01-24-2019)

+ Reply to Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts