The U.S. Army Is Learning to Take Out Warships Again

Thank you my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for making us aware that "More than half a century after it gave up the mission, the U.S. Army is once again learning to keep enemy fleets at bay using modern firepower. During the July 2018 exercise to sink the ex-USS Racine, a Army crew fired a Naval Strike Missile at the ship, striking it. The goal is to deny enemy fleets the ability to operate near land masses–particularly islands–occupied by U.S. ground forces.
The RIMPAC SINKEX, or “sinking exercise”, saw a U.S. Army crew fire a Norwegian-made Naval Strike Missile from the back of a heavy truck. A new weapon system, the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) was recently selected to equip the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ships and future frigates. It can also be launched from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The NSM struck the ex-USS Racine at a range of approximately 55 miles. Here's a video of a NSM launching from the USS Coronado in 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuMU-lc8DZw
For decades, the U.S. Army manned coastal defenses in the continental United States, Hawaii, and abroad. These defenses typically included large artillery guns overlooking strategic locations such as San Francisco Bay, New York Harbor, Boston Harbor, Hawaii, the Panama Canal, and the Philippines. Shortly before World War II, the mission grew to include anti-aircraft defense. The domination of the seas by the U.S. Navy and the rise of nuclear weapons led to the disbandment of the Coast Artillery Corps in 1950.
Today, the rise of the Chinese Navy and the focus of the Russian surface navy on coastal operations has the U.S. and its allies–particularly Japan–wondering how to best keep enemy fleets at bay. Adversaries might conduct amphibious operations in places like the South China Sea and the Baltic Sea, snatching strategically important islands or stretches of coastline. While air and naval forces are one obvious defense, land-based anti-ship missiles could make amphibious assaults too risky to attempt. "

COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Orlando Illi Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Tom Brown CMSgt (Join to see) MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SGT (Join to see) Sgt Albert Castro SSG David Andrews Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Charles H. Hawes SGT Mark HalmrastPO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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CW5 Jack Cardwell Damn Ground Pounders wanting to Screw Up a Perfectly Good Naval Vessel. Can't say that I would Blame Them to Prevent Some NGFS from Said Ship.