US Navy, Air Force making waves with new weapons at RIMPAC

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So Quicksink is a dumb bomb with a JDAM kit and a new seeker.

LRASM can also function in swarm tactics just as a drone swarm would

Air launched SM6 is truly overpowered.

Looking forward to the sinkX cut

4:46 The SM-6 has a discarded booster rocket first stage that the AIM-174B does not, so the missile's effective range is probably pretty comparable, depending on the launch platform's kinematic energy at time of launch (the F/A-18 isn't exactly a speed demon, so primarily just altitude). If the Navy wanted to they could probably wing mount the entire SM-6, but the almost double weight and with the much higher drag of the short squat booster it likely wasn't worth the trade off in reduced aircraft performance and carrying capacity. Perhaps in the future they'll marry the AIM-174B with a first stage booster of the same diameter as the missile itself and call it the AIM-174LR.

Good stuff.

Come on my guys you can’t name something rim pack :).

I thought it was the USS Cleveland

Our country should have something very special. With all the billions spent. USA🇺🇲

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How is quicksink different than a PJDAM? PJDAMs are cheap, 20-30k with 300 mile range. Are we ordering large volumes of quicksink in the budget? Matt Pottinger recommended ordering large quantities of PJDAMs in his book The Boiling Moat. LRASM is way too expensive and is not being ordered in sufficient quantities.

I think the Quick Sink is a bit optimistic. You are not likely getting into jdam range of a defended ship.

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I'm all for combined arms warfare and unifying command and data, but just be careful, if you unify too much under 1 leader and that leader decides to go rogue or makes mistakes, entire armies can be lost. Let's not forget about the Horus Heresy, ego is a dangerous drug.

Please choose another name then "Rim Pac".

China is a peace-loving nation. When all ten thousand nations submit under the great power of China, the world will be one and be in peace.

Wow! Those explosions are almost as devastating as the explosion in American homelessness! We might all be living under bridges, but we can sure blow things up!