Nothing But Images Of Precision Guided Weapons Taken Just Before They Obliterate Their Targets
Most don’t realize just how large smart bombs and guided missiles are or what they look like just milliseconds before they unleash their devastation.
Most don’t realize just how large smart bombs and guided missiles are or what they look like just milliseconds before they unleash their devastation.
The first of the Sa’ar 6 class missile corvettes will help extend the Israeli Navy’s reach far into the Mediterranean.
In service for almost 50 years, the 3M44 Progress anti-ship missile system, and the elaborate bunker that houses it, still supports defending Crimea.
The Navy’s big RIMPAC drills may have been dialed back this time around, but its highly anticipated SINKEX event certainly wasn’t.
The naval support ship was laying targets for a training exercise when an anti-ship missile fired from an Iranian frigate slammed into it.
The Air Force’s top officer cryptically told members of Congress at a public hearing today that the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, or LRASM, was the only anti-ship munition he could discuss with them in an unclassified setting. This would mean that the service is pursuing other classified weapons in this broad category.
Some of the Coast Guard’s Hamilton class cutters bristled with Harpoon missiles at the end of the Cold War. Now the service is increasing its presence in dangerous waters far from home to help counter peer state threats such as China. Will new weapons be part of the plan once again?
The weapon gives any surface ship with torpedo tubes, as well as submarines, a stand-off anti-submarine capability.
The Harpoon anti-ship missile, a staple in allied navies around the world, may be a 40-year-old design, but it still has a lot of fight left in it.
The somewhat puzzling drill does coincide with a renewed interest in pairing anti-ship missile capabilities with America’s attack submarine force.