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Title: Marines Want Missiles To Sink Ships From Shores, And They Want Them Fast
Post by: rangerrebew on January 21, 2019, 01:02:16 pm

 Marines Want Missiles To Sink Ships From Shores, And They Want Them Fast

“The Army is looking at this too but probably on a different timeline -- the Marine Corps wants to get after this pretty quickly.”
By Paul McLeary on January 17, 2019 at 11:58 AM
 

A Marine HIMARS missile launcher fires from the deck of the USS Anchorage during the Dawn Blitz 2017 exercises.

WASHINGTON The Marine Corps has kicked off a rapid development program to begin firing long-range anti-ship missiles from shore-based ground vehicles in an effort to add more punch to the Navy’s growing anti-ship capabilities, which are aimed squarely at Chinese and Russian advances.     

Dubbed the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System — that’s NEMSIS to you — the program has completed its design phase. For the missile itself, Marines are looking at

https://breakingdefense.com/2019/01/marines-want-missiles-to-sink-ships-from-shores-and-they-want-them-fast/