DOD project adding anti-ship capability to Army's premier long-range missile

摘要

Defense Secretary Ash Carter late last week disclosed new details about a secret project to tweak the Army's main, long-range surface-to-surface missile by giving it a new seeker and the ability to hit moving targets -- a capability that could allow ground forces operating near coastlines to target ships up to 186 miles away. Carter, during an Oct. 28 address at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, revealed the full scope of a project, part of the "Strike-Ex" program run by the Strategic Capabilities Office, begun in fiscal year 2016 with $4 million as a concept and which the Pentagon plans to convert into a prototype with $121 million in FY-17. In a parallel development, Army forces in the Pacific are looking to acquire an off-the-shelf capability to demonstrate an anti-ship capability in 2017.