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Staying alive in the RAN surface fleet: failure is not an option
Posted By Sam Goldsmith on December 14, 2021 @ 14:30
Designation | Missile name | Role | No. per Mk-41 launch cell |
RGM-109E | Tomahawk | Land strike | 1 |
RGM-158 | Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) | Anti-ship | 1 |
RIM-161 | Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) | Ballistic missile defence | 1 |
RIM-174 | SM-6 | Very long-range air defence | 1 |
RIM-66 | SM-2 | Long-range air defence | 1 |
RIM-162D | Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) | Medium-range air defence | 4 |
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[1] surface combatants: https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Doctrine/pubs/dictionary.pdf
[2] serious concern: https://www.defence.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-08/2016-Defence-White-Paper.pdf
[3] been known to: https://www.dni.gov/nctc/groups/hizballah.html
[4] against warships: https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/120720_Cordesman_LessonsIsraeliHezbollah.pdf
[5] 48 cells: https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/rms/documents/air-warfare-destroyer/AWD-HobartClassDestroyer-brochure.pdf
[6] 32 cells: https://www.baesystems.com/en-media/uploadFile/20210404014121/1434598311652.pdf
[7] effective range of around 1.6 kilometres: https://news.usni.org/2016/08/17/navy-studying-installing-searam-destroyers-ship-classes
[8] one: https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-hobart-iii
[9] two: https://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Hunter_Class_Fact_Sheet.pdf
[10] designed to ‘kill’: https://www.navy.gov.au/weapon/phalanx
[11] Lockheed Martin: https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/rms/documents/naval-launchers-and-munitions/MK41-VLS-product-card.pdf
[12] can’t be reloaded at sea: https://dsiac.org/articles/a-promising-future-for-us-navy-vertical-launching-systems/
[13] strikedown crane: https://maritime.org/doc/pdf/gunnersmate.pdf
[14] would risk: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/hypersonic-anti-ship-missiles-incoming/
[15] would cripple: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA513203.pdf
[16] reports: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ad-aspi/2021-10/SR%20177%20Delivering%20a%20stronger%20Navy%20faster.pdf
[17] weighs 6,120 kilograms: https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2167831/mk-15-phalanx-close-in-weapon-system-ciws/
[18] Mk-15 SeaRAM: https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2167555/searam-close-in-weapon-system-ciws-anti-ship-missile-defense-system/
[19] Mk-49 launcher: https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2168961/rim-116-rolling-airframe-missile-ram/
[20] RIM-116 missile: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR716.html
[21] 7: https://www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/env_pmrf_feis_vol3.pdf
[22] defeats: https://www.raytheonmissilesanddefense.com/capabilities/products/ram-missile
[23] defeat newer classes: https://www.dote.osd.mil/Portals/97/pub/reports/FY2018/navy/2018ram.pdf?ver=2019-08-21-155650-807
[24] could carry: https://www.dote.osd.mil/Portals/97/pub/reports/FY2020/navy/2020sm-6.pdf?ver=8FmOMrxurYuHUMjFtDgWKQ%3D%3D
[25] DARPA’s new MAD-FIRES naval round: https://www.darpa.mil/program/multi-azimuth-defense-fast-intercept-round-engagement-system
[26] compatible with the BAE Systems 57-millimetre naval gun: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2019/07/video-darpa-mad-fires-anti-ship-missile-self-defense-for-lcs-ffgx/
[27] minimal deck penetration: https://www.baesystems.com/en-media/uploadFile/20210609203339/1434555371489.pdf
[28] decade of concern: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7871&context=nwc-review