Antiship missiles create new challenges

Article Abstract:

The trend in antiship missiles is toward equipment with greater accuracy, speed and capability and the ability to hit targets afloat and ashore. The air-launched antiradar and antiship Zvezda KH-31 of Russia is one of the most capable missiles in service. In the US Navy, a much improved version of the system called the AGM-84H SLAM ER has entered service. In late 1999, Boeing and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency chose a 'wave-rider' configuration powered by a Pratt and Whitney Scramjet for further development to demonstrate a 600-nm range, hypersonic missile that can launch from aircraft, ships and submarines by the year 2010. This development could have a dramatic effect on the 21st century battlefield.

Antiship Missiles

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PC gaming and simulation supports training

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The US Navy and Marine Corps have discovered the value of applying commercial personal computer gaming technology to meet tactical training and concept analysis requirements. The breakthrough came in the mid-1990s with the appearance of affordable, high-speed Pentium processors supported by expanded random access memory, increased hard disk capacity and high performance video cards. The revolutionary improvements enabled commercial gaming companies to develop a number of PC military simulation games with three-dimensional graphical animations and performance previously available only on high-end work stations.

Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing, Naval Trainers & Simulators, Ship simulators

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Unmanned aerial vehicles in search and rescue

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are valuable supplements to both air and surface manned systems. Their military and civilian potential is growing rapidly and should be recognized by the agencies responsible for search- and-rescue (SAR) functions, particularly the US Coast Guard. With continued research and technological advances, UAVs could become vital assets. The Coast Gujard should fomally assess the utility of UAVs with a view toward including them in its future SAR program.

International politics, Unmanned Space Vehicles, Unmanned spacecraft

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