Navy Ships to Acquire New Missile Launcher
[Kris Osborn]
Kris Osborn
Yesterday at 5:50 PM
The Guided Missile Weapons System, which consists of a launcher and missile rounds is a supersonic, lightweight, quick-reaction, fire-and-forget weapon designed to destroy anti-ship missiles. The emerging SeaRAM defensive weapon will destroy approaching enemy drones, aircraft, missiles and small boats.
By Kris Osborn & Tim Broderick
The Navy is engineering a new, high-tech luancher system for ship-defending interceptor missiles able to protect surface vessels by detecting, tracking and destroying approaching enemy missile attacks.
The Guided Missile Weapons System, which consists of a launcher and missile rounds is a supersonic, lightweight, quick-reaction, fire-and-forget weapon designed to destroy anti-ship missiles, according to Raytheon developers.
http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1672164-navy-ships-to-acquire-new-missile-launcher
