Events: U.S. to sell ATACMS missiles: significant changes in cross-strait military comparison (Photos)
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U.S. to sell ATACMS missiles: significant changes in cross-strait military comparison (Photos) Netease military
Lead: According to recent media reports, December 20, and the United Arab Emirates U.S. decision to sell Taiwan more than 24 rocket launchers and 226 ATACMS Army Tactical Missile. U.S. move is unexpected, because the ATACMS missile is a highly offensive weapons threat. So how the performance of ATACMS missiles, which have what features? Taiwan to purchase the underlying reasons for it? Netease will be exclusively military analysis.
U.S. defense-update site is also 24 December 2010 sale of Taiwan, the U.S. Department of Defense, and 226 multiple rocket launchers ATACMS Army tactical missile system was reported.
According to the U.S. Defense Industry Daily reported Dec. 20 the U.S. Department of Defense awarded Lockheed Martin more than 24 rocket launchers and 226 ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System equipment and related logistics contract, the total contract amount of $ 916,000,000, and equipment will be in accordance system of U.S. foreign military sales (FMS) provided to the United Arab Emirates and Taiwan. The report did not disclose details of the multi-barrel rocket launchers, foreign arms sales and the ATACMS missile launch vehicle specific models are not made public, had not bought ATACMS missiles, Taiwan's attempt to wind.
U.S. arms sale of ATACMS missiles surprising move, this advanced missile technology has great potential for improvement is a very threatening offensive weapons, perhaps this is the reason for pre-kept secret. ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System is the U.S. Army Lance (Lance) short-range tactical ballistic missiles, ground-ground follow-up model, developed by the Water Corporation. ATACMS of blood can be traced back to 1978's surprise spoilers (Assault Breaker) technology demonstration project, 1983 project into the Army and Air Force Joint Tactical Missile System project, but quit in 1985, the Air Force, the Army will be renamed the Joint Army Tactical Missile System the continued development of tactical missile systems. Contract awarded in 1986 ATACMS LTV Corporation, the missile shortly after the grant MGM-140 number. April 1988 XMGM-140A beginning of the first test, in December the same year began to slow MGM-140A ATACMS production, culminating in January 1991 for the first time combat, firing two missiles. U.S. Army equipment, the entire ATACMS missiles and launchers have been given the number of M39. LTV's missile division in 1992, sold to Loral in 1996, acquired by Lockheed Martin.
ATACMS in the M-270 rocket launchers and HIMARS rocket fired directly, Block I and Block IA's first use of M74 cluster bomb submunitions, attacks can be "steel rain bombs sea" to describe.
ATACMS Block I range of 165 km
ATACMS Block IA 300 km range
Missile in 1992, the United States began to improve, improved model called the MGM-140B ATACMS Block IA, 1994 年 10 月 XMGM-140B start tests in 1998, MGM-140B entered the U.S. service. MGM-140B major improvement is the addition of GPS correction greatly improved the accuracy, warhead weight loss is also substantially in the shape and the MGM-140A consistent. Thanks to the M74 sub-munitions warhead reduced to 275 the number, quality and reduced to 160 kg warhead, the missile reduces the total mass to 1320 kg. The warhead weight to 300 km range missile, while guidance accuracy to 100 meters, M74 sub-munitions had no effect on the reduction of the combat effectiveness MGM-140B. Later MGM-140D upgrade to MGM-140B, mainly for structural improvements.
ATACMS Block II / A BAT is used in ammunition, tanks, etc. with an attack on the ability of mobile armored targets, but by 2003 the development of the project ended.
ATACMS Block II / A smart anti-tank munitions capable of carrying
Although the ATACMS in the 1991 Gulf War, a good performance, but the M74 submunitions armored targets invalid seriously restricted the scope of its use, the United States to further develop the use of Northrop Grumman smart anti-tank ammunition (BAT) a new generation of missiles. Use of BAT in 1995, an ammunition ATACMS missile successfully tested, this time number MGM-140C, also known as the ATACMS Block II, 2000 年 MGM-164A missile was a new number, missiles, and MGM-140B use the same GSP / INS guidance system. MGM-164A began in 2001 low-speed production, and plans to have initial operational capability in 2003. The United States also developed using the six BAT munitions MGM-164B, also reached the 300 km range, but all ended in 2003 the U.S. Army's ATACMS missile program based on BAT.
ATACMS Block IVA switch to 500-pound high-explosive warhead
U.S. M270 rocket fired ATACMS tactical ballistic missile scenarios. United States now has the world's largest short-range ballistic missile force, and the number of short-range ballistic missiles have been equipped to grow.
ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System in the U.S. exports a lot of equipment and with no accident, the two wars it has a good performance. Operation Desert Storm in 1991, before the MGM-140A equipment has just begun, LTV Corporation asked the U.S. Defense Department to speed up production, before the start of military operations in the U.S. is only equipped with a 20 ATACMS missiles, but before the end of the ground war, LTV 105 missiles delivered assembled . U.S. forces launched the war in the 32 MGM-140A missile, anti-aircraft missiles for combat positions, logistics depots, artillery positions and bridges, according to Lieutenant General Thomas J. Kelly to say, ATACMS at high-priority tasks used in the war made it a huge success. Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, the U.S. military fired 456 ATACMS missiles, air defense missiles to Iraq's position and command and control communications system was hit. It is recognized as highly effective fire support system, particularly bad weather or when in need of emergency assistance, but also underscores its all-weather combat capability and ballistic missiles against the advantages of time-sensitive. Combat proven ATACMS missiles, especially the single warhead missiles to destroy high-value targets in a timely manner is extremely effective, which makes the purchase of a large number of missiles the Army.
After the Taiwan military equipment, ATACMS, you can direct the assembly of the People's Liberation Army across the sea for geographical area and launched a devastating blow. This is also the Taiwan Strait in the loss of sea / air superiority over the Taiwan Strait military balance for the restoration of new initiatives taken.
Taiwan Strait, the air / sea changed hands
ATACMS missile on the comparison of military power across the Taiwan Strait
China's exports to Turkey's B611-ground tactical missile, the missile range of 180 kilometers, the missile technology control regime does not exceed the specified 300 km. The United States exported its Quedui Tomahawk missiles and the British Trident II nuclear missiles (Figure in the British avant-garde-class submarines equipped with a 16 on the "Trident Ⅱ" missiles), which are far beyond the rule.
Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
Over the past few decades, Taiwan has been trying to develop medium-range ballistic missiles and nuclear biological and chemical weapons, Taiwan's Lance missile early successful imitation of the modeled short-range ballistic missiles Qingfeng, Ma also launched a medium-range ballistic missile development, although the ending of the missile was forced to give up, but the restart has been very high voice. U.S. to sell Taiwan ATACMS missiles, these missiles and technology can be used to produce the 300 km limit exceeded 500 kg of ballistic missiles, Taiwan and the Pegasus missile development Qingfeng record, while Taiwan did not make the destruction of all large-scale destruction of weapons and technology operations, proper for us so is a violation of the US-led MTCR regime. But having said that, in the past the fact that, although the MTCR member states can not carry out the provisions of the above transfer of technology, but more the nature of MTCR is to limit the constraints of technology and equipment into hostile countries and forces in the United States. Action in the United States do not care violations, not to mention the sale of ATACMS missiles to Taiwan, sold more than 1 million km voyage load over 900 kg of RQ-4 unmanned aerial vehicles such blatant violations are not uncommon, even with impunity to UK and Tomahawk missiles and Trident II nuclear missiles behavior. Relatively weak in other countries, the United States of double standards, but end of the.
ATACMS is a short-range tactical ballistic missiles highly offensive weapons than the Patriot air defense missiles and other weapons, its military power across the Taiwan Strait into the contrast can make significant change. U.S. to sell ATACMS missiles, not only trampled on the Missile Technology Control Regime led (MTCR), it is a violation of not selling offensive weapons to Taiwan's continued commitment. |
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