U.S., Australia Test New Missiles Against Amphib Carrier

NSM firing from HMAS Sydney.

Credit: Australia Department of Defense
DARWIN, Australia–The U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have validated the Lockheed Martin Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) and the Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM) against the decommissioned USS Tarawa amphibious assault ship. This was the first time RAN fired the NSM since it...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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