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Old 10-13-2006, 01:34 AM   #26 (permalink)
Anon
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Originally Posted by highsea View Post
To add to this a little more- From what I can tell, the HATM will not happen, apparently it was something that Raytheon was funding internally. The CKEM contract went to Lockmart.

The CKEM is a long rod penetrator also, 60" long and under 100 lbs. Mach 6+.

The spec called for greater than 10MJ penetrator energy at range (8 km).

I don't know about TOW launcher compatibility- it is intended to mount initially on Humvees and to be a component of FCS.

link:
http://www.missilesandfirecontrol.co...duct-CKEM.html
LOL, of course, why would we want the hyper-velocity killer that is compatible with TOW!?!?!

Heh, it never ends. Thanx for the links.
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