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At present, high efficiency of the anti-ship missile weapons does not raise any doubts. Further prospects for the improvement of ASMs to a greater extent relate to modern mari- time doctrines of leading sea powers. For example, the new aspects of the USA’s naval strategy (Sea Power 21) are of interest since they give priority to the “war from sea” over the “war at sea”. Regarded as objects of sea operations are littoral waters, shore- based facilities and in-land hostile targets. Today, the USA is developing projects of the so-called littoral ships, that is, dedicated craft for operations in littoral zones. In this context, the development of ASMs today focuses on diversification of targets that can be engaged. Thus ASMs turn from a weapon for fighting threats at sea into a weapon for fighting threats off- and on-shore. Information emerges about ASMs that are able to effectively en- gage not only ships in the open sea but also those in havens and assets on the shore. Thus, one witnesses
appearance of a new class of ASMs – missiles of dual application: ASM plus coastal targets. The new elements of modern naval strategies place greater emphasis on the role of shore-based missile de- fense systems able to defeat attack- ing ships of the enemy, to strike at assaulting troops and at territories seized by the enemy. Highly mobile, with a large munitions supply and able to hide behind covering terrain, shore-based missile systems can ef- fectively and economically protect in-shore areas. Several Russian companies offer for foreign customers coastal mis- sile systems developed on the basis of ASMs which were approved by operation in ship-borne systems.
(one launcher carries 3 missiles) and the Moskit-E weapon system with the 3M-80E supersonic anti- ship missiles (one launcher carries 2 missiles). One of the most important tasks of the improvement of anti-ship mis- sile weapons is provision for their capacity to overcome ship-borne systems of anti-missile defense. These systems which have reached high level of perfection include elec- tronic and firing defensive means featuring high level of automation of the detection and elimination (or frustration) of missile attack. Under these circumstances, surviv- ability of ASMs is achieved by tak- ing a number of measures. Firstly, this is reduction of visibility and
They are the Bal-E coast defense system with the 3M-24E subsonic anti-ship missile (one launcher car- ries up to 8 missiles); the Club-M system with the 3M-54E supersonic anti-ship missile (one launcher car- ries 3 missiles); the Bastion system with the 3M-55E supersonic anti- ship missile – prototype of Brahmos
thus range and probability of be- ing detected by ship-borne means. Secondly, it is improvement of jam- proof capacity and reliability of guidance systems in different con- ditions of employment. Reduction of probability of ASM to be detected can be achieved by choosing such flight modes which
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