The Navy is progressing toward development of a new anti-ship cruise missile to arm its surface combatants with a replacement for the long-serving RGM-84 Harpoon. It also is working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a "smarter" very-long-range anti-ship missile that will enable surface combatants to engage ships at even longer ranges in a degraded communications environment. In an era of successful land-attack missions, including Tomahawk missile strikes earlier this year in Libya, the Navy is turning its attention toward enhancing its ability to attack ships at sea.
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