Army Has Second Successful Test Of New Multi-Mode Seeker, Planning Max-Range PrSM Test Shot This Fall Lockheed Martin s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM)
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The Army has conducted a second successful captive-carry test of its multi-mode seeker for the future Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), and is preparing several flight tests for the missile in 2021 to include firing a maximum range shot above 500 kilometers in early fall.
Brig. Gen. John Rafferty, director of the Army’s Long Range Precision Fires Cross Functional Team, told
Defense Daily the PrSM flight test plan this year also includes a long-range shot of 400 kilometers in April at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and a side-by-side missile firing in the fall as part of Project Convergence.
The Army’s New 1000-Mile Cannon Will Match The Navy And Air Force s Ranged Strike Capabilities
The U.S. Army still is studying a concept for a gigantic new cannon that could fire shells as far as 1,000 miles.
Key point: The Army also is working with the Navy to develop a common hypersonic glide vehicle, which would launch atop a rocket then travel 1,400 miles or farther at a top speed exceeding Mach 5.
The U.S. Army still is studying a concept for a gigantic new cannon that could fire shells as far as 1,000 miles.
The new Strategic Long-Range Cannon could give the ground-combat branch roughly the same kind of fast deep-strike capability that the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy possess with their warplanes and cruise missiles.
US Army soldiers on with modernisation priorities
26 January 2021
by Ashley Roque
New civilian leadership inside the US Army and Pentagon will be central to forthcoming budget plans and moving ahead with new equipment development. However, for now, US Army Futures Command head General John Murray said he is not anticipating sweeping changes when it comes to service plans to develop new weapons to better compete with peer competitors.
The four-star general answered questions during a 25 January virtual Center for Strategic and International Studies event on the army’s six modernisation priorities – Long-Range Precision Fires (LRPF); Next-Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV); Future Vertical Lift; The Network; Air and Missile Defense; and Soldier Lethality – and addressed potential funding questions as the service prepares for a new secretary.
The United States Navy is outgunned and outranged by China. The manned surface force and carrier air wing cannot get close enough to China to fight without taking significant risks against increasingly potent forts, while the less vulnerable submarine force can do only so much. Manned missile platforms tend to be expensive and, therefore, few. What is more, these platforms need to first sail, fly, or stage deep inside dangerous territory to fire, then retreat thousands of miles to reload. Conventional deterrence against China steadily erodes and the risk of miscalculation grows, as the entire joint force struggles to maintain credible combat power within this increasingly contested environment. The Navy needs a better way to distribute weapons, to arm far more platforms, and to quickly reload in forward locations.
America s Pacific Strategy Needs an Update
Dominating air, sea, and space is not an end in itself. It is an intermediate step toward the ultimate goal of controlling or denying critical land.
Here s What You Need To Remember: In containing China, the U.S. military needs to fight smarter - with clear and actionable goals and enough strength to back them up.
The rise of China is the one overarching national security challenge for the foreseeable future, and it will be vital to continue maintaining stability in the Indo-Pacific region through deterrence measures. Complicating those efforts is the need to modernize and restructure the U.S. military.