Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile Programmes - A US Perspective

摘要

Some potential adversaries are significantly enlarging and/or modernising their fleets. Some adversaries, such as China, are augmenting their fleets with networks of fixed anti-air and anti-ship installations in an effort to establish anti-access/ area denial (AA/AD) zones. Launching anti-ship missiles is no longer a strictly navy Surface Warfare (SuW) mission. New long-range anti-ship missiles-or legacy missiles, which have been adapted for this new application - are being deployed by land-based aircraft as well as by ground forces. By holding enemy warships at risk from multiple directions, US and allied/partner forces hope to establish AA/ AD zones of their own choosing, even in the vicinity of an adversary's own territorial waters.