Airpower Against Ships

摘要

At Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, armorers loaded a B-1 bomber from the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron. Tucked in the bomb bay on Feb. 4 was a weapon prototype ready for its third in-flight test: a Long-Range Anti-ship Missile, built to scourge hostile naval vessels, at long range, and in the midst of enemy jamming and electronic clutter. The B-1 crew released the weapon over the cold seas of the Navy's Pacific test range off Point Mugu, Calif. The LRASM guided to several waypoints receiving updates from a data link in flight, and skimmed past obstacles at low altitude.