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Big Green, to tag along onto USN Missile Programs.
The MGM-140 ATACMS is not in production any longer, and it is being replaced by the sleeker Precision Strike Missile (PrSM). I don't see what advantages the SM-6 has in a land-to-land or land-to-surface role that the PrSM doesn't have. Similar range and speed, but the ATACMS/PrSM has a much larger warhead than the SM-6. Unless the PrSM doesn't have maritime targeting capability, and adapting the SM-6 is going to be cheaper.
The MGM-140 ATACMS is not in production any longer, and it is being replaced by the sleeker Precision Strike Missile (PrSM). I don't see what advantages the SM-6 has in a land-to-land or land-to-surface role that the PrSM doesn't have. Similar range and speed, but the ATACMS/PrSM has a much larger warhead than the SM-6. Unless the PrSM doesn't have maritime targeting capability, and adapting the SM-6 is going to be cheaper.
Wonder if it's an all of the above menu option with the launcher loading the appropriate pod depending on mission.
And precision allows warhead size to decrease.
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
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