US Army - Lockheed Martin Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF)

[sferrin]

 

[bobbymike]

Now load about 1000 of them on a converted LHA ;D

 

[fredymac]

Another new player offering significant efficiency improvements in solid rocket fuel. Their website says their solid fuel propellant might improve an ATACMS range from 300km to 430km. They are still in development phase but almost certainly getting attention from the big primes.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPXwLzNnzYc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYaqazSNHQA

 

[bobbymike]

Army Readies Long-Range Missile Tests - Post INF - Breaking Defense

Pentagon brass universally support the US developing a new generation of conventional intermediate long-range missiles, and the Army is rushing to meet the challenge as the INF Treaty approaches its likely Aug. 2 demise.

breakingdefense.com

Agree with the ending 500km is meaningless in the Pacific Theater there’s a real need for a heavy payload IRBM in the 3500 km class missile.

Still think you could park a converted LHA to carry dozens of C4 sized missiles or the proposed Forward Based Intermediate Range Strike Missile about 3500km from China and go “high value target hunting” with HBGVs

 

[bobbymike]

Countering Missiles with Missiles: U.S. Military Posture After the INF Treaty - War on the Rocks

Thirty-one years ago, the Senate approved the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, banning American and Soviet land-based missiles with ranges

warontherocks.com

 

[bobbymike]

Talisman Sabre: Land-Based Missiles Vs. China - Breaking Defense

The Army’s experimental Multi-Domain Task Force tested new tactics for Pacific conflict, hand-in-glove with the Marines, Air Force, and Australians.

breakingdefense.com

 

[jsport]

1000mile gun vs Advanced IADS

 

[Forest Green]

1000mile gun vs Advanced IADS

Is that the Missouri in the picture?

 

[jsport]

"The most conservative performance estimates were in a January 3, 2003 letter from Pratt & Whitney's Manger for Hypersonic Programs to USNFSA Executive Director Dr. William L. Stearman which stated: "Pratt & Whitney's initial analysis of a scramjet-powered 16-inch gun-launched projectile (Hyper Shell) indicates that a range of approximately 400nm [460 miles], a time to target of 9 minutes [Mach 5.3], and an impact velocity of 2800 feet per second is feasible." "

Letters

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/pse/docs/63-4.pdf

 

[jsport]

Ranjets are also an option.

 

[jsport]

Not sure if this is rectangle barrel or round. Sandia has a round barrel EMRG patent.

 

[bobbymike]

Give Marines and Soldiers Better Antiship Fires

Land-based weapon systems could help the Navy control the littorals.

www.usni.org

 

[sferrin]

Not sure if this is rectangle barrel or round. Sandia has a round barrel EMRG patent.

Been looking for that picture on the right forEVER. (Used to have a magazine that picture showed up in.) I think this is related to it:



It was from the AFRL page ages ago. 3000lbs, 20MW. The snippet said it was SDI related.

 

[jsport]

Not sure if this is rectangle barrel or round. Sandia has a round barrel EMRG patent.

Been looking for that picture on the right forEVER. (Used to have a magazine that picture showed up in.) I think this is related to it:

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It was from the AFRL page ages ago. 3000lbs, 20MW. The snippet said it was SDI related.

The diameter on the left could support launching a redesigned KKV that is if the KKV could withstand the g's, Contractor accountaility again.

 

[jsport]

What the Army's 1000mile gun could look like
Airfoil Hybrid Gun (AHG)

 

[drejr]

Is that video game concept art?

 

[sferrin]

 

[Forest Green]

Transformers. The existence of those guns was apparently classified because, of course, nobody could possibly have noticed them as the ship was sailing down the Suez.

 

[sferrin]

Transformers. Those guns were apparently classified because, of course, nobody could possibly have noticed them as the ship was sailing down the Suez.

It was a joke.

 

[Forest Green]

It was a joke.

I know, I was joking about them being classified in the movie.

 

[jsport]

View attachment 619612

yes remember that. It would support a large airfoil/munition/missile but at much less range.

 

[bobbymike]

How far will the Army’s precision strike missile fly?

The LRPF effort is the top modernization priority for the Army, and the PrSM weapon, meant to replace the Army Tactical Missile System, is a centerpiece effort within that portfolio.

www.defensenews.com

 

[bobbymike]

Bringing in the big gun: Army paves way for “strategic cannon”

US aims for test of artillery prototype with range of over 1,000 miles by 2023.

arstechnica.com

 

[bobbymike]

Raytheon's Pitch For Precision Strike, The Post INF Missile - Breaking Defense

AUSA: It’s one of the Army’s top priorities, the Precision Strike Missile, a weapon to replace the venerable ATACMS missile built by Lockheed. Lockheed is competing for the prize, and it’s the incumbent, which can be a powerful factor in winning a competition. Raytheon, maker of the Patriot...

breakingdefense.com

 

[sferrin]

Lockheed Martin LRPF (Precision Strike Missile)





Apparently it (or the Raytheon version) may be developed to an 800 km ranged version.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1184134836665147393

 

[seruriermarshal]

first pic so big , I can't see it !

 

[sferrin]

first pic so big , I can't see it !

Precision Strike Missile (PrSM)

The PrSM is our next-generation, long-range precision-strike missile designed for the U.S. Army’s PrSM program, delivering unparalleled long-range capabilities.

sustainability.lockheedmartin.com

Is the picture to the right on this page.

 

[aonestudio]

BOOM: Lockheed Martin Tests Precision Strike Missile - Breaking Defense

PrSM will likely become the mainstay of future Army artillery brigades taking on everything from Russian anti-aircraft batteries to Chinese warships.

breakingdefense.com

 

[sferrin]

Hmm. GMLRS warhead for comparison.

 

[Forest Green]

It's looking to be a lot smaller than the ATCMS warhead but then that was to be expected at 800km range and 2 missiles per HIMARS (4 per M270 MLRS).

 

[Forest Green]

 

[flateric]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=502426050484613

 

[sferrin]

What is that black missile? Older configuration?

 

[Lc89]

What is the exact speed of an atacms missile? Will the PRSM fly above the mach 5?

 

[Forest Green]

What is that black missile? Older configuration?

I understood the black missile behind her to be the new PRISM missile unless I missed something. The smaller one is GMLRS but I heard something about a 160km range replacement for that too. So an M270 MLRS will carry 4x800km or 12x160km missiles.

 

[Forest Green]

What is the exact speed of an atacms missile? Will the PRSM fly above the mach 5?

If it reaches out to 800km it'll likely be well over that. The Iskander-M is Mach 5.9 at 500km range, the first DF-15 was Mach 6 at 600km range and Pershing I was Mach 8 at 740km range. But then PRISM isn't purely ballistic. But it's still likely to be more like Mach 6-7.

 

[sferrin]

What is that black missile? Older configuration?

I understood the black missile behind her to be the new PRISM missile unless I missed something.

What's the difference between PRISM and the Precision Strike Missile?

 

[Forest Green]

What's the difference between PRISM and the Precision Strike Missile?

I thought they were the same thing?

 

[sferrin]

What's the difference between PRISM and the Precision Strike Missile?

I thought they were the same thing?

See post #25 up the page and look at that black model again.

 

[Lc89]

What is the exact speed of an atacms missile? Will the PRSM fly above the mach 5?

If it reaches out to 800km it'll likely be well over that. The Iskander-M is Mach 5.9 at 500km range, the first DF-15 was Mach 6 at 600km range and Pershing I was Mach 8 at 740km range. But then PRISM isn't purely ballistic. But it's still likely to be more like Mach 6-7.

And Atacms speed? How fast is it?