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US Navy intends to develop its own hypersonic anti-ship missile

US Navy intends to develop its own hypersonic anti-ship missile
US naval forces intend to develop their own hypersonic anti-ship missile. According to Flightglobal, the US Navy has already launched the corresponding program..

Research program, launched by the US Navy and dubbed “Screaming Arrow”, should define technologies, which can be used to create a hypersonic anti-ship missile. The Navy is currently looking for developers, who will be engaged in the creation and testing of new ammunition.

The details of the program itself are not disclosed., but it is known, that within its framework, developers should create an air-launched hypersonic missile. Emphasizes, that existing technologies should be applied in development, which in the future will significantly reduce the cost of developing and manufacturing missiles.

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet carrier-based fighters should become the main carrier of the new ammunition.. The created rocket should be compact and relatively light., so that one Super Hornet can carry four hypersonic anti-ship missiles, and the landing weight of a fighter with suspended missiles made it possible to land on the deck of an aircraft carrier.

Fleet Command said, that the development of hypersonic anti-ship missiles will be a response to similar weapons, created by Russia and China. The US Navy fears, that Russian and Chinese hypersonic missiles could become a threat to American aircraft carriers, and the presence in the air of the F / A-18E / F Super Hornet with hypersonic anti-ship missiles will significantly reduce such a threat.

In the future, the use of the new anti-ship missiles for ground targets is not excluded..

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