Here's video of the US Navy testing a 'game-changing' new missile

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http://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-tested-a-game-changing-missile-2015-2


A Tomahawk missile guided by an F/A-18 Super Hornet toward a moving maritime target.

The US Navy has successfully altered a Raytheon Tomahawk land-attack missile (TLAM) to be able to hit a moving target at sea, USNI News reports.

In a Jan. 27 test off of San Nicolas Island, California, the Navy launched a TLAM that was guided into a moving maritime target through directions given by a Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet flying overhead. TLAMs are capable of changing their direction mid-course.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work, the Pentagon's second-highest-ranked civilian, praised the successful test of the missile during a keynote speech at the WEST 2015 conference. He said the missiles were part of the Pentagon's "Third Offset Strategy," an initiative focused on research into new long-range weapons.

"A big part of the Third Offset Strategies is to find new and innovative ways to deploy promising technologies," Work said. "This is potentially a game-changing capability for not a lot of cost. It's a 1,000-mile anti-ship cruise missile."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-tested-a-game-changing-missile-2015-2#ixzz3RonkjPjj

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Maybe they could divide the only deep water navy in half and fight each other?

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. Or they're worried about a war with France or the UK

the USA doesn't have the only blue-water navy, but all the others are US allies.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Good point. The only deep water navy of any significance.

[hack89]

9. This missile is aimed at Chinese naval expansion

it could change the naval balance of power in the region.

[Warren Stupidity]

11. we've already lost that war.

Lets just hope we never get around to being stupid enough to fight it.

[hack89]

12. I disagree

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in several decades perhaps. They still are limited in their ability to project power beyond their coastal waters. Abysmal ASW capabilities and no carrier force would make them easy pickings in an open water fight.

Naval warfare is a war of attrition- the side who finds the other first and gets the first strike usually wins. We presently have a huge advantage in surveillance and command and control. A 1000 mile anti ship missile just made life really hard for Chinese planners - we out range them by a factor of ten.

[hack89]

7. They can take out the Chinese navy without carriers

This is a true game changer. Now they have to account for every warship with a vertical launch system

[MADem]

2. That footage is pretty compelling. nt

[Duckhunter935]

4. Somebodies TV is broke

in that shipping container

[eppur_se_muova]

6. So it punched a big hole and blew up *outside* the ship ?

Wouldn't it be more effective if it blew up *inside* ?? Or for that matter, hit lower down ?

[hack89]

8. It had no warhead since it was a test

what you see is the fuel igniting as the missile breaks up.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. Oh, OK. I thought that was a pretty small fireball.

I was under the impression they would set off at least a flash or something just so the cameras could catch the moment when the real thing would have been set off.

Brought an earlier event to mind ... http://seshippingnews.typepad.com/south_east_shipping_news/2011/01/

[dembotoz]

13. as much as i hate war i must admit i love these videos.....1

go figure