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Originally Posted by highsea
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
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LOL, of course, why would we want the hyper-velocity killer that is compatible with TOW!?!?!
Heh, it never ends. Thanx for the links.