At the Pentagon they are thinking about a global upgrade of the Arsenal of anti-ship and cruise missiles.
Moreover, due to the fact that Russia and China overtook the U.S. Navy at least ten years, have to do it in the shortest possible time, if they’re able.
RT writes about this referring to the US Naval Institute.
The Pentagon has appealed to Congress with a demand to expand the budget for 2017 to 434 million dollars. On these means it is planned to buy cruise missiles of type “Tomahawk”. The amount is modest and it is unlikely to be enough to modify all the missiles.
Also the US Navy trying to find a way to adapt the Standard 6 missiles for use against ships. A main anti-ship missile US Navy US Naval Institute calls RGM/UGM-84 Harpoon. It can be run from a fighter, ship or submarine. However, it has disadvantages: very short range, less than 130 km.
Recall that the issue of urgent upgrade of the Arsenal acutely at the Pentagon after the Russian Navy in October 2015 used in the fight against the terrorist organization “Islamic state” in Syria cruise missiles “Calibre”. They are highly accurate and capable of hitting targets at a distance of 2,500 kilometers.
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