See the power of the world's most powerful anti-ship missile that the US Navy just bought
The US Navy announced the selection of the advanced anti-ship missile Naval Strike Missile from Kongsberg (Norway) for the mission of destroying enemy warships from a distance.
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That decision means both the Navy's new littoral combat ships and destroyers will be equipped with the Naval Strike Missile (SNM).
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| The littoral combat ship USS Independence off the coast of southern California. Photo: US Navy |
NSM, completed by Kongsberg after spending more than 10 years overcoming product shortcomings, has become the world's most accurate 5th generation anti-ship missile.
This is not the first time Kongsberg has won a contract from the US Navy. In 1986, the force purchased Kongsberg's Penguin anti-ship missiles to equip SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk helicopters.
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| An SNM missile is launched from the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LSC 4) during a missile test off the coast of southern California on September 23, 2014. Photo: US Navy |
NSM is currently the most powerful anti-ship missile in the world, surpassing Russia's Kh-35 Uran-E and the US's Harpoon. One of the outstanding features of NSM is its ability to avoid defense systems in the final phase thanks to its radar, stealth technology and maneuverability. In particular, it is designed to attack heavily defended targets.