Emerging DoD "Cross-Domain Fires" Strategy: Army Will Attack Enemy Ships
Kris Osborn
Monday at 8:12 PM
The Pentagon wants air-and-sea-based fighter jets to acquire and pass targeting information to land-based artillery and rockets - allowing for land weapons to destroy enemy ships at greater distances.
“Imagine this. An F-18 Hornet acquires a target at sea, an enemy ship, and then passes the track data through Link-16 to any potential shooter with the right munitions and within range of the enemy ship. That information is passed through a gateway to several potential shooters on land such as the Paladin or High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS.” --Adm. Harry Harris, Pacific Commander, at LANPAC Symposium last year.
http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1687351-army-land-weapons-prep-to-attack-ships-at-sea
