Quicksink: US tests ‘low-cost’ guided bomb that could break vessel into two
A US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber proved a low-cost, air-delivered method for defeating surface vessels through Quicksink.
Updated: Jul 29, 2024 02:17 PM EST
Quicksink: US tests ‘low-cost’ guided bomb that could break vessel into two
A US Air Force B-2 Spirit Bomber in flight.
The US Air Force tested its guided bomb, Quicksink, which strikes marine vessels like a torpedo, during the exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024.
In RIMPAC 2024, participating ships and aircraft conducted long-planned, live-fire sinking exercises (SINKEXs) and sank the decommissioned USS Dubuque (LPD 8) and the decommissioned USS Tarawa (LHA 1).
The US said both were sunk in waters 15,000 feet deep, more than 50 nautical miles off the northern coast of the island of Kauai.
During the SINKEXs, participating units from Australia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, and the US Air Force, Army, and Navy gained proficiency in tactics, targeting, and live firing against surface ships at sea.
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