This is an interesting development:
From the sound of the article, this projectile was originally designed for the railgun that the Navy was testing. There wasn't a lot of hard information in the rest of the article, just a lot of conjecture, but a BAE image shows the HVP wrapped to fit a 155mm gun (ie DDG1000 compatible.)
So very interesting. If they can lick the targeting issues, this could be a significant addition to Fleet defense.
Last summer USS Dewey (DDG-105) fired 20 hyper velocity projectiles (HVP) from a standard Mk 45 5-inch deck gun in a quiet experiment that’s set to add new utility to the weapon found on almost every U.S. warship, officials familiar with the test have told USNI News.
The test, conducted by the Navy and the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office as part of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018 international exercise, was part of a series of studies to prove the Navy could turn the more than 40-year-old deck gun design into an effective and low-cost weapon against cruise missiles and larger unmanned aerial vehicles.
The test, conducted by the Navy and the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office as part of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018 international exercise, was part of a series of studies to prove the Navy could turn the more than 40-year-old deck gun design into an effective and low-cost weapon against cruise missiles and larger unmanned aerial vehicles.
So very interesting. If they can lick the targeting issues, this could be a significant addition to Fleet defense.
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