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Die PrSM soll auch als ASBM einsetzbar sein. Die U.S Army will diese Waffe wegen der leichten Luftverladebarkeit, im inselreichen Pazifikraum nutzen, dort wäre sie effektiv gegen chinesische LHD oder Docklanduungsschiffe einsetzbar

Seeker For U.S. Army’s New Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Flight Tested
The Army is working on a Precision Strike Missile variant that can hit moving ships, as well as hostile air defenses, using a new seeker.

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JOSEPH TREVITHICK
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PUBLISHED JAN 16, 2024 8:21 PM EST
The US Army complete initial flight testing of a seeker for anti-ship version of its Precision Strike Missile short-range ballistic missile in 2023.
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The U.S. Army has successfully flight tested a new seeker that will help transform its new Precision Strike Missile short-range ballistic missile into weapon that can strike moving ships and enemy air defenses. This news comes as Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen have become the first to fire anti-ship ballistic missiles in anger and are now regularly using them in attacks in and around the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Weapons of this type have also been a major topic of discussion in the context of a potential future conflict between the United States and China in the Pacific.


The initial flight testing of the seeker for what is officially known as the Land-Based Anti-Ship Missile (LBASM) or Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2 was completed in 2023, according to the Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command's Aviation & Missile Center, or DEVCOM AvMC. The center disclosed the milestone in a round-up of achievements from last year that was published earlier this month.

The Army began receiving its first operational examples of the baseline PrSM Increment 1 missile in December. These weapons are capable of hitting static targets only using a GPS-assisted inertial navigation system (INS) guidance package. They also have a maximum range of around 310 miles (500 kilometers) and this could grow to some 400 miles (650 kilometers) in the future. Existing M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System and M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launch vehicles can fire PrSMs.

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