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

Lc89 said:
Forest Green said:
Lc89 said:
What is the exact speed of an atacms missile? Will the PRSM fly above the mach 5?
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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.
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And Atacms speed? How fast is it?
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It's not published. And it's not a ballistic weapon. (In other words it's a guess at best.)
 
Forest Green said:
Lc89 said:
And Atacms speed? How fast is it?
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Mach 3+ but that's carrying a 500lb warhead and only has a 300km range.
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I remember that to test X51 Waverider they used an Atacms booster that pushed the aircraft up to mach 4.5 before the booster activated the scramjet and detached itself from it. So I expect the PRSM to go faster than mach 4.5.
 
Forest Green said:
sferrin said:
Source?
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Only Wired and National Interest

nationalinterest.org

Third Offset Breakthrough: U.S. Army Using Existing Technology to Develop 'Warship-Killer' Missiles

A game changer?
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Mach 4.5 when launched from a B-52 with an X-51 Waverider (4,000lb).

It wouldn't surprise me if the speed was nearer Mach 4-4.5 from the ground with a 500lb warhead.
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The National Interest quote (Mach 3) is after burnout, on it's way down. (Assuming they have accurate sources.) With the X-51 burnout was closer to Mach 4.8 IIRC.

"The Atacms ignited and propelled the entire 25-ft.-long stack—including the booster, inter-stage and X-51A cruiser—for 29 sec. until it reached 63,000 ft. and Mach 4.9. The cruiser separated and coasted to Mach 4.8 before the scramjet was started using ethylene. "

High-Speed Strike Weapon To Build On X-51 Flight | Aviation Week Network

Focus shifts to weapons development after X-51A test
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And that's with the X-51 upfront, which by itself weighed just over 1400lbs.

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Also the missile isn't strictly speaking, a ballistic missile:

 
That is from an air-launch at circa 550mph though, however from the ground with only 500lb up front, a similar speed would probably be reached. PRISM should be way beyond that speed.
 
Forest Green said:
That is from an air-launch at circa 550mph though, however from the ground with only 500lb up front, a similar speed would probably be reached. PRISM should be way beyond that speed.
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I would think the ground launch would reach a higher speed. Warhead is only a 3rd of the weight of the X-51 (and it's adapter and associated hardware) and drag will be significantly less.
 
sferrin said:
I would think the ground launch would reach a higher speed. Warhead is only a 3rd of the weight of the X-51 (and it's adapter and associated hardware) and drag will be significantly less.
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The warhead is 1/3rd of the weight but the missile as a whole is about 3/4 of the weight and it is starting from rest and travelling through 4x denser air against gravity at launch. So whilst Cd will probably be lower, drag likely won't. So Mach 4-4.5 is a sensible estimate.
 
"What we learned over the year from the initial investments is that what we thought could be 600-650 [km] really could get out to 750, maybe even 800,” Rafferty says. The additional range totals remain only an analytical conclusion. The Army continues to review a potential requirement change for the maximum range of the PRSM, he adds.

That theoretical limit applies to both competitors in the PRSM program—Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. "

The Week In Defense, Oct. 18-24, 2019 | Aviation Week Network

U.S. Army expands next tactical missile’s range; what an FVL program may cost; KAI begins building KF-X prototype; France and Germany to sign FCAS deal.
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Army preparing to award contracts for Strategic Long Range Cannon
The Army is forging gun tubes and readying initial contracts for a new system intended to operate with the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon in the opening salvos of a major fight against a near-peer military force. The Strategic Long Range Cannon is a prototype mega-cannon envisioned to fire rounds hundreds of miles at high-priority enemy radar and air-defense sites, namely those of Russia and China
 
Where is the Airborne SLRC for Boost Phase Ballistic Missile Defense (Mike Griffin stated goal) and SEAD so Hypersonic missile is not intercepted. ;)
 
Will the strategic gun be built in a single copy? I believe so, because it will be expensive. Being an artillery system there will be no problem with missile range.
 
Lc89 said:
Will the strategic gun be built in a single copy? I believe so, because it will be expensive. Being an artillery system there will be no problem with missile range.
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Really, it's going to be a rocket/missile launcher using a cannon barrel for the first stage. Same basic naming principle as the Navy's Advanced Gun System, which was sometimes described as a trainable rocket launcher.
 
TomS said:
Really, it's going to be a rocket/missile launcher using a cannon barrel for the first stage. Same basic naming principle as the Navy's Advanced Gun System, which was sometimes described as a trainable rocket launcher.
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I suspected this. Launching a shell 1,000nm with no rocket motor would require unbelievable amounts of power. It might be more like this.

en.wikipedia.org

Project HARP - Wikipedia

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Forest Green said:
bobbymike said:
www.realcleardefense.com

Why the Precision Strike Missile Is a Must Have for the Army

A little over two years ago, then Chief of Staff of the Army General Mark Milley surprised most of the defense community by announcing a new modernization strategy focused on six priority areas: Long-
www.realcleardefense.com www.realcleardefense.com
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I thought there was a graph that showed 1,400nm for the SFM and 1,000nm for the SLRC?

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That list appears to be incomplete.
 
TomS said:
Lc89 said:
Will the strategic gun be built in a single copy? I believe so, because it will be expensive. Being an artillery system there will be no problem with missile range.
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Really, it's going to be a rocket/missile launcher using a cannon barrel for the first stage. Same basic naming principle as the Navy's Advanced Gun System, which was sometimes described as a trainable rocket launcher.
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(Scramfire below)
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I suspected this. Launching a shell 1,000nm with no rocket motor would require unbelievable amounts of power. It might be more like this.

en.wikipedia.org

Project HARP - Wikipedia

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Well, a 100 caliber 16 inch gun, while not particularly mobile, is well within the realm of reason. Note too that HARP was intended to launch a payload of 200 pounds into ORBIT. That means it could, in some circumstances, put at least that big a warhead on the other side of the world, so such a weapon might not need to shoot and scoot beyond being on a rail car or something.
 
OT but kind of related.

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155mm Artillery System Claims World Record: 76km - Defense Update:

In a recent firing series held in South Africa, the German-South African joint-venture Rheinmetall Denel Munitions (RDM) demonstrated a dramatic increase in the range of its artillery firepower. The demonstration employed three 155 mm cannons with 52 and 39 caliber lengths, which scored three...
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Joint All Domain C2 sounds better than the fuzzy "Multi-Domain" mush language. If a genuine repeatable C2 capability w/ a geniune United Data Lirary (UDL) and a genuinely joint Advanced Battle Managment Sys (AMBS) than the much heralded joint c2 maybe w/in sight.. It would be earth shaking and cliche 'game changer' etc etc etc. Lets see more.
 
breakingdefense.com

Congress Stalls INF-Busting Missiles & Nuke Treaty Withdrawal

John Beyrle, ambassador to Russia during the George W. Bush Administration, says letting New START expire would be "a pretty solid punch to the solar plexus of strategic stability."
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Although testing is currently allowed

Lawmakers allow Pentagon's intermediate-range missile developments to move forward
The compromise fiscal year 2020 defense policy bill allows the Defense Department to continue developing and testing conventional, ground-launched missiles with ranges in excess of limits set by a now-abandoned treaty, while lawmakers want more information on DOD's plans for the weapons before approving their procurement and deployment.
 
defence-blog.com

Leaked photos show new U.S. Army super cannon in stunning detail

CORRECTION: Story corrected on January 3 to note that those are not leaked photos. They have been released by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command at its social media pages on 8 December. New “leaked” photos are giving military experts and analysts a first detailed look at the...
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"new XM1113 rocket-boosted shell and a longer howitzer 58 caliber cannon increases range from 38km to 70km+."

Apparently the ancient G6 is still king. And they didn't even have to use a rocket-boosted shell.

"Rheinmetall attained a distance of 76km using a G6 howitzer with a 52-calibre gun. This is said to be the longest range ever achieved with a conventional 155mm artillery round."

(I was stoked the article above was going to show the mythical 1000-mile gun.)
 
Apparently we are waiting for an IRBM test from Vandy in about an hour. Keep you posted as news arrives
 

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