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The Ohio class submarines includes the United States Navy's 14 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) and four cruise missile submarines (SSGNs). Each displacing 18,750 tons submerged, the Ohio-class boats are the largest submarines ever built for the U.S. Navy. Only the Russian 48,000-ton Typhoon class and 24,000-ton Borei class are larger than Ohio subs.

Smaller doesn't mean inferior. In fact, it's superior in this case, as t he Ohio class carry more missiles than those Russian: 24 Trident II missiles apiece, versus 16 by the Borei class (20 by the Borei II) and 20 by the Typhoon class . These 24 ballistic missiles with MIRV warheads that can be accurately delivered to targets from anywhere in the world's oceans. Also, the USS Ohio was undetectable in her sea trials in 1982.

During conversion, each Ohio class submarine SSGN received the Common Submarine Radio Room and two High-Data-Rate antennas for significantly enhanced communication capabilities. These additions allow each SSGN to serve as a forward-deployed, clandestine Small Combatant Joint Command Center.

Combined, the four SSGNs represent more than half of the Submarine Force’s vertical launch payload capacity with each SSGN capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles. The missiles are loaded in seven-shot Multiple-All-Up-Round Canisters (MACs) in up to 22 missile tubes. These missile tubes can also accommodate additional stowage canisters for SOF equipment, food, and other consumables to extend the submarines’ ability to remain forward deployed in support of combatant commander’s tasking. The missile tubes are also able to accommodate future payloads such as new types of missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and unmanned undersea vehicles.

On September 6th, 1997, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay hosted the commissioning of USS LOUISIANA (SSBN 743), completing the Navy's fleet of 18 fleet ballistic missile submarines. The ten Trident submarines in the Atlantic fleet were initially equipped with the D-5 Trident II missile. The eight submarines in the Pacific were initially equipped with the C-4 Trident I missile. In 1996 the Navy started to backfit the eight submarines in the Pacific to carry the D-5 missile.

Ohioclass guided-missile submarines (SSGN) provide the Navy with unprecedented strike and special operation mission capabilities from a stealthy, clandestine platform. Armed with tactical missiles and equipped with superior communications capabilities, SSGNs are capable of directly supporting Combatant Commander’s strike and Special Operation Forces (SOF) requirements.

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Russian X-555 air-launched cruise missile 3D Model NoAI

Russian tactical missile Kh-555 (Painted as on tests at the military airport in 2004y )

The major difference is that the Kh-555 carries a conventional warhead instead of nuclear and has increased range. Also this missile has improved guidance systems and is more accurate. This air-launched cruise missile was tested in 1999 and was eventually approved for production. It was adopted by the Russian Air Force in 2004.

The Kh-555 is used as a long-range standoff weapon. It is carried and launched by bomber aircraft. This missile is carried by a Tu-160 long-range strategic bomber (12 missiles), Tu-95 strategic bomber (6 or 16 missiles, depending on the version), and even Su-34 interdictor (1 missile).

• Max Range - 1800-2400 km (exact range unknown)
• Warhead weight - 500-680 kg
• Flight altitude - 35-140 m.
• Accuracy - 10-25 m

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Tomahawk Long-Range Cruise Missile

Tomahawk is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile in service with the surface ships and submarines of the US and the UK’s Royal Navy.

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Tomahawk is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile in service with the surface ships and submarines of the US and the UK’s Royal Navy. Originally produced by General Dynamics, Tomahawk is currently manufactured by Raytheon.

The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) can strike high-value or heavily defended land targets. The Block II TLAM-A missile achieved initial operating capability in 1984. The missile was first deployed in combat during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.

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The Tomahawk family of missiles includes a number of variants, carrying different warheads. The UGM-109A Tomahawk (Block II TLAM-A) carries a W80 nuclear warhead.

RGM / UGM-109C (Block III TLAM-C) is a conventional unitary variant, carrying a 1,000lb-class warhead. RGM / UGM-109D (Block III TLAM-D) is a submunitions dispenser variant armed with 166 combined-effects bomblets.

RGM / UGM-109E Tomahawk (Block IV TLAM-E) is the latest member in the Tomahawk missile family. It carries a 1,000lb-class unitary warhead for a maximum range of 900nmi.

The Tomahawk Block IV missiles were converted and upgraded to Block V in 2017. The upgraded Tomahawk includes extended range, enhanced navigation and communication systems and modernised data-link radio.

The upgrades were performed at Raytheon’s Tucson, Arizona facility. The US Navy will use the upgraded Tomahawk cruise missiles beyond 2040. Raytheon was contracted to integrate the upgraded navigation and communication systems into the Block IV Tactical Tomahawk (TACTOM) missile in March 2020. The upgraded version is known as the Block V TACTOM.

The Block Va variants will be named Maritime Strike and have the capability of hitting a moving target. The Block Vb will feature the Joint Multi-Effects Warhead System.

Tomahawk design features

The Tomahawk is designed to operate at very low altitudes while maintaining high-subsonic speeds. Its modular design enables the integration of numerous types of warheads, guidance and control systems.

The missile carries a nuclear or conventional payload. It can be armed with a nuclear or unitary warhead or a conventional submunitions dispenser with combined-effect bomblets. The missile has a 5.56m length, 51.8cm diameter and a 2.67m wingspan. The weight of the missile is 1,315kg. It has a life span of 30 years.

The Tomahawk weapon system includes the Tomahawk missile, Theatre Mission Planning Centre (TMPC) / Afloat Planning System and the Tomahawk weapon control system (TWCS) for surface vessels or combat control system (CCS) for submarines.

Guidance and control

The Tomahawk Block IV uses GPS navigation and a satellite data-link to continue through a pre-set course. The missile can be reprogrammed in-flight to a new target.

The two-way satellite communications are used to perform post-launch mission changes throughout the flight. The on-board camera provides imagery of the target to the commanders before the strike.

The guidance system is assisted by Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM). The Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation (DSMAC) system or GPS provide terminal guidance.

The Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS) integrated within the ship’s systems computes the path to engage targets. The system enables the planning of new missions on board the launch vessel. TTWCS is also used to communicate with multiple missiles for reassigning the targets and redirecting the missiles in flight.

The Block IV Tomahawk missile is outfitted with advanced electronic support measure (ESM) seeker in Block IV Tomahawk missile. Its joint multi-effects warhead enables the commander to control the blast.

The Tomahawk Block IV missile is powered by a Williams International F415 cruise turbo-fan engine and ARC MK 135 rocket motor. The propulsion provides a subsonic speed of 880km/h.

Tomahawk launch platforms

The missile can be launched from over 140 US Navy ships and submarines and Astute and Trafalgar class submarines of the Royal Navy. All cruisers, destroyers, guided missile and attack submarines in the US Navy are equipped with a Tomahawk weapons system.

US Navy launch platforms were modified to accommodate upgraded Tomahawk missile variants. Four Ohio class nuclear ballistic missile submarines were converted into cruise missile submarines for firing Tomahawk missiles. The Virginia class submarines and the Royal Navy Astute class submarines were also fitted with new vertical launch modules for Tomahawk missile.

Tomahawk orders and deliveries

The US signed a foreign military sales (FMS) agreement with the UK in 1995 to supply 65 Tomahawks for use with the Royal Navy nuclear submarines. The first batch of missiles was delivered in 1998.

The US Government approved an agreement in 2003 to deliver 65 Tomahawk Block IV missiles for the UK. In August 2004, the US Navy placed a $1.6bn multi-year procurement contract with Raytheon for 2,200 Tomahawk Block IV missiles.

Raytheon was awarded a $346m production contract for 473 Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles in March 2006. The contract includes 65 submarine torpedo tube-launched missiles for the Royal Navy. The Block IV entered service with the Royal Navy in March 2008.

Raytheon was awarded a $207m-worth firm-fixed-price contract in March 2009 for 207 Tomahawk Block IV All-Up-Round (AUR) missiles.

The 2,000th Tomahawk Block IV missile was delivered to the US Navy in February 2010.

The US Navy placed a $338m contract with Raytheon in June 2012 for the delivery of 361 Tomahawk Block IV tactical cruise missiles. Another contract worth $254.6m was awarded for Tomahawk Block IV in the same year.

Raytheon delivered the 3,000th Tomahawk Block IV to the US Navy in January 2014 as part of the ninth Block IV production contract.

The US Navy awarded a $251m contract to Raytheon for the production and delivery of Tomahawk Block IV missiles for both the US Navy and Royal Navy in September 2014.

A $25.9m contract for Tomahawk missile composite capsule launching systems (C/CLS) was awarded in December 2014. The C/CLS is integrated with the nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines and nuclear-powered guided-missile submarines, allowing the missile to be launched from submarines.

Tomahawk Block IV missile demonstrated its moving target capability in tests conducted in February 2015.

Raytheon received a $122m contract from the US Navy in March 2015 for the production of 114 Tomahawk Block IV all-up round missiles. Raytheon conducted an active seeker test flight for the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile in January 2016.

The 4,000th Tomahawk Block IV missile was delivered to the US Navy in August 2017. The US Navy warships and submarines launched 66 GPS-enabled Tomahawk missiles at Syrian chemical weapon facilities in 2018.

Raytheon planned to undertake recertification and modernisation programmes for Tomahawk Block IV missile in 2019 to add maritime strike capability and multiple-effects warhead upgrades to the missiles.

Raytheon received a $349m contract for phase two of the Maritime Strike Tomahawk Rapid Deployment Capability to improve the Tomahawk cruise missile system in August 2019. Work will be executed in various locations across the US until February 2023.

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ICAUS 2021: Proceedings of 2021 International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems (ICAUS 2021) pp 406–415 Cite as

Threat Assessment Model of Cruise Missile Based on Unsupervised Learning

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• Pingyun Zhu 40 ,
• Kun Qian 40 &
• Yao Wang 40  
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In view of the problems of insufficient confidence in threat assessment of cruise missile, data coupling in multi-attribute decision-making and the accuracy of assessment affected by subjective experience, a threat assessment model, which bases on unsupervised learning and TOPSIS combing with robust principal component analysis improved by smooth \(L_{0}\) norm, was proposed. The model uses the robust principal component analysis improved by smooth \(L_{0}\) norm to extract features, realizes decoupling of features, and determines the factors of threat assessment. In allusion to the situation of insufficient acquisition of assessment factors under complex electromagnetic environment, we use MeanShift combing with unsupervised fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm to fit similar features and calculate the threat degree. Using robust principal component to define the weights of TOPSIS can evaluate threat degree more objectively. Finally, the combination of evaluation results is weighted to improve the non-convex generalization ability and the evaluation accuracy of model. The simulation results show that the threat assessment model of cruise missile based on synthetic weights has better accuracy and objectivity, and meets the requirements of threat assessment missions in the battlefield.

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Kit Bash Polish S-125 Newa SC anti-aircraft guided missile system (2000 to present)

Starting in 2001, Poland began the manufacture of a mobile anti-aircraft system called the Newa SC , using the Russian  S-125 Neva (NATO code name SA-3 Goa ) anti-aircraft missile mounted on a Polish-built tracked chassis based on the Russian T-55 tank. The S-125 is a low- altitude-capable surface-to-air missile originally designed for the air defense of the USSR that was widely exported to Warsaw Pact countries and allies of the Soviet Union. The   T-55 was a USSR main battle tank of the 1950s, also widely exported by the Soviet Union.

Each  S-125  missile is 6.09 meters (19 feet 11 inches) long, 375 millimeters (14.5 inches) in diameter, has a wingspan of 2.2 meters (7 feet 2 inches), weighs 953 kilograms (2,100 pounds), has a range of 35 kilometers (22 miles), a top speed of Mach 3 to 3.5, with a maximum altitude of 18,000 meters (59,000 feet). The T-55 tank chassis, designated the WZT-1  Armor Recovery Vehicle in Poland, is 7.10 meters (23 feet 3.5 inches) long, 3.27 meters (10 feet 8 inches) wide, 2.1 meters (6 feet 10 inches) tall, and weighs 31,500 kilograms (31.5 tons) (not including S-125 system). (Wikipedia)

I became very interested in this contraption after I saw a brilliant model of the S-125 Newa SC , built by Philippe Bonnet , displayed on the Braille Scale website. (Unfortunately, images of this model appear to be gone.) I think this machine looks like something the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force would shoot at Godzilla , or maybe something out of the Gerry Anderson TV show The Thunderbirds.

I searched for a kit of the S-125 on eBay, and eventually bought two kits by GRAN , a Russian plastic model kit company. I had a Trumpeter T-55 , but before I started this kitbash, I heard that Revell of Germany was planning a state of the art kit of the T-55 . I bided my time until I could buy the Revell kit, and then I started this project.

I searched the internet for images of the Newa SC . I studied the images of Philippe's model on Braille Scale , and I even found images of a computer-generated 3D model of the Newa SC on a site called TurboSquid (click HERE to see). This gave me enough information to start the project. Below are images of the unpainted build:  

The GRAN kit was good but a little primitive by modern standards, and I replaced some of the thicker, out-of-scale areas with scratch-building in Evergreen plastic (the white bits on the grey missile launcher). I modified the GRAN launcher base to match my references and attached what remained to the T-55 chassis. The Revell  kit was a delight to build, and I left off the un-needed  T-55 parts (such as the external fuel tanks; not a good idea around rocket exhaust) and added details unique to the Newa SC chassis, also in white Evergreen plastic.  After assembly was complete, I applied Humbrol paint, including pin washes and drybrushing to bring out the details, and then  Johnson's  "Future" Clear Acrylic Floor Finish to even out the washes and drybrushing, followed by Testor's Clear Flat Lacquer on the T-55 chassis and the Goa missiles.  Unfortunately, while spraying  Testor's Clear Flat Lacquer on the missile launcher unit, the assembly fell off of the tapered bamboo stick I was using to hold the launcher during airbrushing, straight into the shallow tin filled with lacquer thinner, waiting to clean up the airbrush. Much shrieking of profane and obscene words, as I quickly fished the launcher out of the lacquer thinner, but the damage was done: the paint/pin wash/drybrush/flat coat immediately began to blister away from the plastic at the rear of the base. I used an old Poly-Scale product called ELO (for "Easy Lift-Off") Paint and Decal Remover to remove all of the paint on the launcher base, down to the bare plastic.  Nothing easy about it, and I had to first oh-so-carefully saw the delicate but unblistered launcher rails assembly from the boxy control base/counterweight, before I finished using the ELO to scrub off the paint (and not just a few of the  Evergreen plastic details) from the GRAN parts. (The launcher rails assembly would never have survived the vigorous toothbrush scrubbing necessary with the ELO paint remover.) Once the launcher base was clean and degreased, the broken/lost details were restored, plus adding some details I missed during the original assembly. When I glued the launcher rails assembly back on the base, I corrected a slight tilt to the array, noticeable in the front and rear views, so there was a tiny, tiny sliver of a silver lining to the vast torrential storm cloud of the lacquer thinner baptism. A complete repaint/pin wash/drybrush/flat finish of the entire launcher assembly followed, as well as inking a red circle on the far, rear, right corner of the work table, where the tin containing paint/lacquer thinner/cleaner is now permanently banished. Once the missiles were installed on the launch rails, the model was done. Oh, I can't wait to have that much fun again, soon. Click on the thumbnails below to see larger images:

The V-1 Flying Bomb was an extraordinary surface-to-surface guided missile developed by the German army in World War Two. Built by Fiesler , the       Fi-103 was powered by an Argus pulse jet, an engine that combined atomized fuel and air brought in through a multi-vaned intake, inside a combustion chamber.  The fuel-air mixture was ignited to produce an impulse of propulsion, the force of which temporarily closed the intake vanes in the front of the chamber, channeling the gases out through the exhaust tube. The forward motion of the V-1 would then force open the spring-loaded vanes, admitting more air, and the process would begin again. This repetitive process of combustion and exhaust, almost 50 times a second, gave the V-1 its distinctive buzzing sound. To achieve the necessary forward velocity to sustain the pulse-jet at take off, the V-1 was launched from a 118 or 158 foot long ramp, under the force of a piston driven by very rapidly expanding gases created by combining hydrogen peroxide and rocket fuel. Guidance was by an internal gyroscope plus a timing system that kicked down the elevator, forcing the bomb to dive, when the missile had reached the desired range. The V-1 was 26 feet long, had a wing-span of over 17 feet, weighed 4,800 pounds, and could travel 150 miles at 400 mph. 30,257 V-1 s were manufactured (Osprey Publishing; Crescent Books) Click on the link below to hear an actual Buzz Bomb in flight:

I bought an  Italeri 1/72 scale He-111 bomber kit, just to get the  Dragon V-1 Buzz Bomb for this project. A splendid book  V-1 The Flying Bomb  had detailed illustrations of the V-1 launch ramp, which was the genesis of this project. I created an AutoCAD  drawing of the ramp and its parts, and built the ramp out of Evergreen brand styrene plastic sheet, strip and structural shapes, around a brass tube at the core of the ramp that was both true to the ramp design and added strength to the model. I included on the diorama base the rusty rails and railroad ties that were installed for the wheeled derrick that was used to erect these "mobile" launch ramps through-out Northern Europe in 1944.  The Dragon V-1 was assembled and painted, and supplemented with a resin gas generating unit from an otherwise dreadful resin V-1 ramp kit I bought, after I started this scratch-built ramp. All paint was Humbrol , and all scenery was Woodland Scenics . The Luftwaffe officer, added to establish a sense of scale, was by  Preiser figures. The Kubelwagon was by Academy . This model received a Silver Medal at the 2002 AMPS Nationals, in Havre de Grace, Maryland where, curiously enough, the model was classified as a "conversion" of the  Dragon V-1 .

The Bloodhound was a two-stage, surface-to-air, anti-aircraft guided missile operated by the Royal Air Force for the home defense of the United Kingdom and Bomber Command air bases. Four solid rocket boosters accelerated the Bloodhound to a velocity and an altitude where the upper and lower ramjets could function as sustainers at Mach 2, over a range of 50 miles. Guidance was by semi-active radar homing: a radar receiver in the nose of the Bloodhound homed in on radar reflections of the target, from a radar transmitter on the ground. The Bloodhound weighed 5,000 pounds, was 28 feet long, and was operational from 1958 until 1991. (Crescent Books)

This Airfix kit is 1/76 scale, but close enough to 1/72 that I wasn't willing to scratch-build it. I followed the kit instructions for painting, matching the museum display version seen above, even though I could see that the operational Bloodhounds were usually dark green, as seen above, also. The base is a disk of Evergreen sheet styrene, with Woodland Scenics turf. Paint was by Humbrol , and flat finish was by Poly-Scale . Click on the thumbnails below to see larger images.

The Nike-Ajax was a two-stage, surface-to-air, all-weather, radar-guided, anti-aircraft missile, deployed near large cities through-out the United States, from 1954 through 1964. With a range of 30 miles, a speed of Mach 2.3,  and an maximum altitude in excess of known enemy bomber ceilings, the one-ton, 32 foot long missile was steered into proximity to the target by ground-based radar, and was equipped with three high-explosive warheads, exploded by command from the battery control site. (Osprey Publishing)

This Nike-Ajax model was my first scratch-built missile, constructed from Evergreen brand styrene sheet, rod and strip. The missile was based on photos I took of the example on display at the Aberdeen Proving Ground AFV Museum, drawings from the internet, and my own Auto-CAD drawings. The launch pad was based on the Revell "History Makers" reissue of the Renwal 1/32 scale plastic kit. Paint was Humbrol , and flat finish was Poly-Scale . The figure included for a sense of scale was from a Hasegawa USAF Ground Support kit. This model won a Silver Medal at the (I think) 2003 AMPS National in Havre de Garce, Maryland. Click on the thumbnails below to see larger images.

The Northrup SM-65A Snark was an air-breathing USAF pilotless bomber designed to fly intercontinental distances, at a wide range of altitudes, at near Mach 1, and drop a maximum 20 kiloton nuclear warhead on the target. Two solid-fueled rocket boosters, each of 130,000 pounds thrust, lifted the Snark off of its air-transportable mobile launcher and accelerated the missile to a speed where the Pratt & Whitney 10,500 pound-thrust turbo-fan engine could sustain flight. The 26,000 pounds of fuel gave Snark a range of more than 6,000 miles. Guided by internal inertial navigation that was corrected through-out flight by star tracking, night or day, the Snark tested very successfully, and was operationally deployed in Maine from 1957 to 1959, only to be replaced by the Atlas ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile), which could achieve in thirty minutes the same distance the Snark  needed ten or more hours to travel. The Snark was 76 feet long, had a 42 foot wing-span, and weighed 60,000 pounds, not counting the solid rocket boosters. (Crescent Books) 

This model was a very old Monogram kit I bought on eBay. The scale of approximately 1/80 was smaller than my preferred 1/72 scale, but not enough of a difference to warrent scratch-building. Choose your battles. I finished my Snark in the eye-catching, test-subject red, instead of the boring, light grey operational scheme. I had to replace the unusable, ancient  Monogram decals with nearly identical decals from a much newer Revell "History Makers" Snark kit. These decals exhibited one of the worst cases of silvering I've ever failed to remedy on a model. Inside the fuselage, I installed an all-but-invisible plastic engine intake fan, at the end of an intake trunk sculpted out of English Milli-Put 2-part epoxy putty. An aluminum tube at the rear completed the illusion of an engine, inside. I whittled away all of the inaccurate plastic molded around the tractor's wheels and tracks, to achieve the appropriate see-through effect. Having practically nothing in the way of references to correct or superdetail this model, I concentrated instead on having fun building this vintage kit. All paint was Humbrol , with the clear flat finish by Poly-Scale . Click on the thumbnails below to see larger images. 

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Lockheed Martin and CoAspire unveiled the new Mako Multi-Mission Hypersonic Missile at Sea Air Space 2024 this week. 

“For the US Navy, this is a multi-mission, highly capable system, highly survivable, affordable, so you’re going to hold many targets at risk with one weapons system that’s ready now,” Rick Loy, Senior Program Manager at the company’s Missile and Fire Control division told Naval News . 

Mako, the name derived from the fastest shark in the sea, is being pitched to the U.S. Navy by Lockheed Martin for its speed, affordability, and targeting versatility to hold many targets at risk.  

According to Lockheed Martin officials, this is the first time the hypersonic has been publicly displayed since the beginning of its development over seven years ago. A graphic played by the company at the CoAspire booth shows what seems to be a U.S. Air Force F-35A launching six of the hypersonic missiles in quick succession from both external and internal mounts.

Despite Mako’s design, Loy stated that this system was not aimed at the U.S. Navy’s Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive (HALO) Anti-Surface program, which aims to bring a high-end anti-ship capability to the service’s Super Hornets. 

Instead, the Mako was originally Lockheed Martin’s offer for the U.S. Air Force’s Stand In Attack Weapon (SiAW) program, which aimed to provide aircraft the ability to strike against adversary assets that make up an anti-access/area denial network. Targets listed in budgetary documents include missile and air-defense systems, the latter of which Loy specified in his explanation of Mako’s multi-mission targeting. 

While Lockheed Martin received several contracts over the years from the SiAW programs, such as a $18 million contract last February , Northrop Grumman ultimately won the program in a $705 million contract last year. It should be noted that Northrop Grumman’s submission is reportedly based on their work with the Navy’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) program. Given this baseline, SiAW is expected to reach out to at least 300-350 kilometers.

Despite being unveiled, many aspects of Mako could not be disclosed by Loy to Naval News . Its guidance could not be specified outside of “multiple guidance methods” and “electronic packages.” What was disclosed was that the system would be at least Mach 5 and that the concept missile being shown off at SAS 2024 was the same one used for fit checks on aircraft. Loy confirmed that Mako has been fit-checked, first electronically and then with the model on various fighter jets and maritime patrol aircraft. According to Loy, the Mako is “compatible with any aircraft that has 30-inch lugs,” using the widely used BRU-32 heavy-duty ejector rack as an example. 

The Mako shown off at SAS was put onto F-35, F-22, F-16, F-15, F-18, and a Navy P-8. Loy also confirmed that the system could be placed internally into an F-35, with one per bay. Likewise, as seen through their pitch to the US Navy at SAS 2024, Mako can be deployed from aircraft launched from carriers. Loy further stated that “there is nothing precluding the launch of this weapon from surface, ground, or even sub-surface like other weapons,” hinting at the possibility for Mako’s future launch platforms beyond aircraft. 

“The world is interested in hypersonic capability and we are interested in providing it to them,” Loy said in regards to the possibility of other customers outside the U.S.

It should be noted that while the specifics on why Lockheed Martin partnered with CoAspire on Mako, the latter’s website states that CoAspire “has a hypersonic missile solution accepted by the US Navy and placed in an Other Transaction Opportunity (OTA) basket – a contract vehicle, for future consideration by the service for funding.” CoAspire’s website stated that this “solution also leverages previous work by a major defense company.”

When asked about where Mako will go, Loy highlighted that their showing at SAS 2024 aims to garner interest and continue its development. However, Mako is “ready to fly, ready now, and is ready to go in scale and into production quickly.”   

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Russian cruise missile manufacturing faces setbacks due to Western sanctions - British intelligence

Russia is encountering difficulties in producing their Kh-101  cruise missiles  due to Western sanctions and the urgent need for rapid armament, the UK’s Defense Ministry reported on April 9.

The MoD came to this conclusion after analyzing satellite imagery from March 31, showing debris from a missile falling on a field in Russia’s Saratov Oblast.

Initially thought to be from a Ukrainian drone, closer inspection revealed the debris came from a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile.

The missile likely malfunctioned and mistakenly landed in Russia after being launched at Ukraine that same morning.

Read also: Russia ready to hit Ukraine with ‘accumulated’ stockpile of Kalibr cruise missiles, says intel chief

Saratov Oblast is known for being the home of the Engels airfield, where many of the strategic bombers, frequently used for missile strikes on Ukraine, are based.

The Kh-101 missile is Russia's primary high-precision guided munition, with a flight range of approximately 4,000 kilometers. Russia frequently employs it for strikes against Ukraine, particularly targeting energy infrastructure.

Russia launched a mass strike against Ukraine on the night of March 31, targeting Ukraine’s power grid. Air defense systems intercepted 18 targets, including nine Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles and nine Shahed-136/131 drones on that day.

Read also: Russia fires 8,000 missiles at Ukraine over two years – Ukrainian Air Force

An external surveillance camera captured an explosion in the sky above the Krasnoarmeyskyi district of Saratov Oblast the same day. Residents initially reported air defense activity on social media and later claimed that the air defense forces had downed a drone.

Photos of the debris later appeared online. Analysis of those photos revealed that the debris was similar to the tail section of a Kh-101 cruise missile, which Ukrainian air defense had previously downed on multiple occasions.

Russia has not officially commented on the incident.

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• Some Russian missiles may be malfunctioning and missing their targets, per British intelligence.
• The AS23a Kodiak — or Kh-101 — is one of Russia's top precision-guided munitions.
• "Issues in its production" could lead to rushed production jobs, the UK MOD says.

Premium Russian cruise missiles might be malfunctioning and missing their targets, according to new intelligence from the UK Ministry of Defence.

The UK MOD said on Tuesday that it analyzed open-source images taken on March 31, 2024, which showed missile wreckage in a field in Saratov Oblast, southern Russia.

The UK MOD said the debris was initially considered remnants of a "possible Ukrainian uncrewed aerial vehicle." However, their analysis concluded that the pieces were likely "fragments of a Russian AS-23a KODIAK air-launched cruise missile."

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"It is highly likely the debris was the result of a malfunction of a KODIAK missile that was launched towards Ukraine earlier that morning," the UK MOD said.

"The highly likely malfunction of such a prestigious missile indicates issues in its production, likely impacted by sanctions and being rushed to meet the demands of the conflict," the department added.

The AS23a Kodiak is one of Russia's top precision-guided munitions and was designed to attack major military targets like airfields and warships. Also known as the Kh-101, it carries a 992-pound payload that can be equipped with high explosive or fragmentation warheads, per the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Russia has been using these missiles not just to hit military targets but also to take out Ukraine's grain silos and "hurt global food markets," UK intelligence said in October.

Russia's blockade of Black Sea ports has also destabilized Ukraine's food production and sent food prices soaring worldwide, even in places like Kenya and Egypt , which relied heavily on Ukrainian and Russian wheat imports.

While Russia is still losing hundreds of troops a month, Ukraine is struggling to prevent further Russian frontline advances. It has suffered blows from the huge barrage of missiles Russia unleashed on it this winter.

In March, Russia also pounded Ukraine with glide bombs, a tactic that Ukraine can only counter by taking out the planes that drop them. Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said at a March 27 briefing that Russia dropped around 700 glide bombs on Ukraine within six days, bombarding targets consistently from March 18 to 24.

With US aid still stalled out in Congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now begging for more Patriot air-defense systems to defend cities like Kharkiv from Russian missile and bomb attacks. Ukraine is also looking to build drones that could hunt down Russian unmanned aerial vehicles instead of burning through their stockpiles of surface-to-air missiles to prevent aerial harassment.

Representatives for the Russian and Ukrainian defense departments did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

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