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I found something for the 5000lb rated wing stations on the JSF... Surprised

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The next big missile?

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control has broken cover on studies for a next generation very long range cruise missile for the USAF and US Navy. Lockheed Martin's concept is known as Cruise Missile Extended Range (Cruise Missile XR) and gives an indication where the thinking of US rivals - Raytheon and Boeing - may also be headed. The weapon will be a 5,000 lb (2,268 kg) class missile (incorporating a 2,000 lb warhead) with a range in excess of 1,000 n miles (1,852 km). It will be fully datalinked and capable of 'seekerless precision' (potentially combining enhanced GPS navigation with networked third-party targeting data). The warhead (ideally a multi-mode unit) will be effective against hardened buried targets with the potential to fit precision-guided submunitions if ever required.

What the US is seeking is a new cruise missile system with more or less the same reach as today's Tomahawk weapons, but with much increased accuracy and a significantly larger payload. The Cruise Missile XR has been designed for carriage by tactical fighters, large bombers or even submarines. Other similar designs will emerge from the shadows sooner or later as the US considers its long-range strike options for the 2015-2020 timeframe.

Excerpt from: http://www.janes.com/defence/news/jalw/ ... _1_n.shtml

I would also be interested in a hyper-sonic missile with a SDB sized warhead that could hit something very very far away and quickly....

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Do we need to use a Stealth Aircraft for that?

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Maybe not for us but JSF could do the task when needed. Could also help the RAAF stop whining about losing their F-111 strike range. Laughing

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elp wrote:

I found something for the 5000lb rated wing stations on the JSF... Surprised

Quote:

The next big missile?

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control has broken cover on studies for a next generation very long range cruise missile for the USAF and US Navy. Lockheed Martin's concept is known as Cruise Missile Extended Range (Cruise Missile XR) and gives an indication where the thinking of US rivals - Raytheon and Boeing - may also be headed. The weapon will be a 5,000 lb (2,268 kg) class missile (incorporating a 2,000 lb warhead) with a range in excess of 1,000 n miles (1,852 km). It will be fully datalinked and capable of 'seekerless precision' (potentially combining enhanced GPS navigation with networked third-party targeting data). The warhead (ideally a multi-mode unit) will be effective against hardened buried targets with the potential to fit precision-guided submunitions if ever required.

What the US is seeking is a new cruise missile system with more or less the same reach as today's Tomahawk weapons, but with much increased accuracy and a significantly larger payload. The Cruise Missile XR has been designed for carriage by tactical fighters, large bombers or even submarines. Other similar designs will emerge from the shadows sooner or later as the US considers its long-range strike options for the 2015-2020 timeframe.

Excerpt from: http://www.janes.com/defence/news/jalw/ ... _1_n.shtml

I would also be interested in a hyper-sonic missile with a SDB sized warhead that could hit something very very far away and quickly....

One would hope that out of HyFly, RATTLRS, and X-51 at least one of them would work. On the other hand last I heard about RATTLRS it doesn't matter how good it works because nobody has said they want one. Wouldn't surprise me at all if all three worked and then none were developed into weapons because nobody bothered to ask if they could have some.

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