Navy Adapts LCS Attack Strategy, Shoots HELLFIRE in Live-Fire
Jul 30
By Kris Osborn - Warrior Maven
(Washington, D.C.) Destroying enemy helicopters on the open sea, hitting attacking enemy drones and countering opposing surface ships from safer stand-off distances are all combat missions now being emphasized by the Navy as it prepares its Littoral Combat Ship for massive “blue water†warfare - an effort designed to widen the ship’s attack potential and build upon its expansive scope of shallow water missions.
As part of this, the Navy has fired a HELLFIRE missile from an Independence variant of its LCS to better arm the ship for offensive attack. The test-firing, described by Naval Sea Systems Command as a “structural test firing,†involved the shooting of a Longbow HELLFIRE on the Point Mugu Sea Range on June 11.
https://defensemaven.io/warriormaven/sea/navy-adapts-lcs-attack-strategy-shoots-hellfire-in-live-fire-GaZqB-LYbE2QAlg6V2DNFA/
