USAF considers new anti-ship weapon.

Michael Kelly wrote:

:Harry Andreas wrote:
:
: I detect the distinctive smell of marketing-types ghost writing that article.
: While JASSM is a joint AF-Navy project, I was under the impression that
: the Navy was considering pulling out of JASSM in favor of SLAM-ER, which
: itself is a derivative of Harpoon.
:
:Just as likely that there's a little bad blood after the Air Force
:changed its preference to WCMD-ER over JSOW, same range,

Wrong. Shorter range.

:lower cost and

Paper weapons are always cheap.

:much more bang for the buck.

Especially when it's cut back to zero bucks.

id I mention it just straps onto a dumb
:cluster bomb shape. Of course JASSM lately has had a few QC problems
:and that could explain the Navy's preference for SLAM-ER.

Yep. Remember, the Navy wanted out of JASSM due to escalating costs
long before the Air Force got out of JSOW.

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