The U.S. Army Wants Its Very Own Long-Range Missiles to Fight China

[rangerrebew]

May 24, 2021

The U.S. Army Wants Its Very Own Long-Range Missiles to Fight China

The Army is looking for ways to remain relevant in a potential conflict with China playing out across the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. That means it wants long-range missiles it could deposit onto Pacific islands to execute long-distance strikes
by Sebastien Roblin

The U.S. Army has become increasingly keen on developing ways to blow up stuff from very far away—by far, think of hundreds of miles. Two big factors explain that change.

One is the Trump administration’s withdrawal from Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, which banned the U.S. and Russia from deploying land-based missiles with ranges between 310 and 3,420 miles.

The Army also is looking for ways to remain relevant in a potential conflict with China playing out across the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. That means it wants long-range missiles it could deposit onto Pacific islands to execute long-distance strikes.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-army-wants-its-very-own-long-range-missiles-fight-china-185933

[rangerrebew]

Each branch should have it's very own missiles so people can tell who launched them, except the Navy, of course.  They could get those missiles  on submarines and gotten hundreds of miles closer to potential targets than shore based missiles.  But China wouldn't like that so Biden is going to have to settle for long range weapons so China doesn't get made at him.  Of course if the Chinese start to squawk about weapons too close, old Joe could just send Hunter to China as a "special envoy."