The coverage and hype connected to the
people's liberation army navy plan is
getting to be tiresome. That's why it's interesting to report on
a positive development on the american
side that can put the plan in its place.
We talking about the Naval Strike Missile or NSM for short a fifth
generation long-range precision missile. This is surprisingly a norwegian product
from kongsberg defense and aerospace in
partnership with Raytheon. This anti-ship munition has plenty going
for it.
The over-the-horizon standoff missile
fight should be improved with the naval
strike missile. Below is a quick rundown on why this
missile platform likely has many
admirals around the world a little more
nervous these days
and yes, that means flag officers in
china as well.
First, the NSM can evade radar while
flying low and fast over water or
hugging the ground. Second, advanced composite materials make
it harder to detect. Third, it spoofs enemy countermeasures by
changing flight characteristics during
its terminal flight phase. Fourth, its fuse can be programmed for
better penetrating effect. Put it on the literal combat ship the missile was on board its first u.s
literal combat ship in 2019.
China has its own corvette sized craft
with long range, taking this into
consideration by the end of 2022 the
naval strike missile will be deployed on
all the small vessels. Now literal combat ships will receive
two launchers hitting four canisters
each installed on the bow along with the
required fire control systems.
The naval strike missile has a 500 pound
warhead and can destroy an enemy ship
loner than 100 nautical miles away. On its medium course it is GPS Guided
with a dual band imaging infrared seeker
for better target acquisition. All these capabilities come with a price
the missile costs 2.2 million dollars
each.
Nevertheless the navy is forging ahead
with NSM deployment, it just got installed on the USS Oakland LCS this month. Other literal combat ships equipped with
naval strike missiles are the USS Jackson, USS Charleston, USS Gabriel Giffords and USS Tulsa. Koth the navy and marines have high
hopes for the naval strike missile.
I can see it having a future in an
island-hopping fight where china
continues to militarize rocks and reefs. During a potential conflict the navy
would launch a bevy of NSM at the
spratlys for example. these would also help the marine corps
as it concentrates more on amphibious
warfare because there could be a
scenario in which the naval strike
missile could be launched from marine
amphibious ships. All of these developments spell trouble
for the chinese.
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