Here's video of the US Navy testing a 'game-changing' new missile

Onkel Neal · 02-11-15, 06:45 PM

Laser, particle beams, and now this!

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The US Navy has successfully altered a Raytheon Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) to be able to hit a moving target at sea, USNI News reports.

In a Jan. 27 test off of San Niolas Island, California, the Navy launched a TLAM which was guided into a moving maritime target through directions given by a Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet flying overhead. TLAMs are capable of changing their direction mid-course.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/us-na...#ixzz3RU1QM8pU

Onkel Neal · 02-11-15, 07:27 PM

Haha @2:47 PIGEONS!

u crank · 02-11-15, 08:00 PM

No pigeons were harmed while making this video.

Scared witless but not harmed.

ikalugin · 02-12-15, 03:01 AM

How is it game changing?

Schroeder · 02-12-15, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ikalugin

How is it game changing?

Good question. The only thing I can think of is that far away ships can now deploy their firepower over greater distances. But in the age of Data Link I thought that was already common practice.

Raptor1 · 02-12-15, 06:03 AM

Especially considering they already had a Tomahawk Anti-Ship Missile back in the '80s...

kraznyi_oktjabr · 02-12-15, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ikalugin

How is it game changing?

Propably in sense, that now U.S. Navy ships will be able to shoot back. Existing Harpoon missile has relatively short range by modern standards especially when compared to Russian and Chinese missiles. Also newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyers do not even carry Harpoon. Their only truly offensive missile (beyond Standard SAM in surface mode) is Tomahawk which (as far as I know) in its current configuration isn't very suitable for anti-ship use.

nikimcbee · 02-12-15, 05:58 PM

Neal, where did you get your shipping container from again? It wasn't a discount one, right?

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ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	How is it game changing? __________________ Grumpy as always.

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