Littoral Combat Ships (LCS)

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USS Gabrielle Giffords is the 1st LCS to Get its Full Load of Next Gen NSM Missiles
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Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) is the first U.S. Navy vessel to fully integrate the Naval Strike Missile next generation anti-ship and land attack cruise missile.
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Another picture taken from the naval news website which has a better angle on the NSM installation.

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It seems from the picture that there is sufficient spacing at least for 6 cell VLS - weight issue aside. This would provide the LCS credible AAW capability given the prospective threat of operating in China's backyard. .
 

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Video: USS Gabrielle Giffords LCS 10 Launches 1st Integrated Naval Strike Missile
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The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) successfully demonstrated the capabilities of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Oct. 1 (local date) during Pacific Griffin.
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Video: USS Gabrielle Giffords LCS 10 Launches 1st Integrated Naval Strike Missile
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funny we were posting the same stuff at the same time, right, 'NavyReco'? in my post I of course included a politically-incorrect comment hahaha

anyway did they aim at anything at all, or just "released" the missile?

(had they hit something, they would've boasted, I guess)
 
now again noticed many people in Internet enthusiastic about the NSM while, as I said before, I'm unsure of its imaging seeker;

how easily can it be spoofed? how close the missile has to get to make it possible for the seeker to lock on? how the seeker discriminates in between ships if they sail in a group? and so on, just thinking aloud
 
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now again noticed many people in Internet enthusiastic about the NSM while, as I said before, I'm unsure of its imaging seeker;
Image quality is a function of IR band and lR conditions prevailing. The technical details are unknown However the key point is IR imaging is passive. This combined with its stealth shaping and sea skimming allows it to penetrate defensive layers undetected. Its high G terminal phase maneuvering capability makes it difficult to intercept. As a rule of thumb, an intercepting missile
will require about five times the G capability of the target to complete a successful intercept. Overall these features make the NSM a very capable and deadly ASM.

how easily can it be spoofed?
You can't spoof IR imaging. You can use DIRCM to blind it provided you can detect and intercept it to begin with.

how close the missile has to get to make it possible for the seeker to lock on? how the seeker discriminates in between ships if they sail in a group? and so on, just thinking aloud

The primary purpose of the IR imaging is to classify and discriminate. This allows it not only to select a target from a pool but to determine the precise aim point to maximize damage on impact. In other words, it is a smart missile and not a dumb projectile like most supersonic missiles which depends on brute force
 
Image quality is a function of IR band and lR conditions prevailing. The technical details are unknown However the key point is IR imaging is passive. This combined with its stealth shaping and sea skimming allows it to penetrate defensive layers undetected. Its high G terminal phase maneuvering capability makes it difficult to intercept. As a rule of thumb, an intercepting missile
will require about five times the G capability of the target to complete a successful intercept. Overall these features make the NSM a very capable and deadly ASM.


You can't spoof IR imaging. You can use DIRCM to blind it provided you can detect and intercept it to begin with.



The primary purpose of the IR imaging is to classify and discriminate. This allows it not only to select a target from a pool but to determine the precise aim point to maximize damage on impact. In other words, it is a smart missile and not a dumb projectile like most supersonic missiles which depends on brute force
Brumby ... are you teasing me?

 
I'll rephrase "how close the missile has to get to make it possible for the seeker to lock on?"
from Yesterday at 8:57 PM
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what would be a typical predetermined distance from the expected target position, at which the NSM seeker is activated to acquire the target and to lock on it?

(it's about 10 km (ten kilometers) for an Exocet -- of course ARH)
 
a tragicomic part of the press release (took it from
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“Today was a terrific accomplishment for USS Gabrielle Giffords crew and the Navy’s LCS class,” said Cmdr. Matthew Lehmann, the ship’s commanding officer. “I am very proud of all the teamwork that led to the successful launch of the NSM.”

lobbying a missile = "a terrific accomplishment" really? but yeah, for the LCS program it's kind of true
 
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