Does anybody have experience with these systems you can talk about? The firing rate for the 155 mm Paladin system would seem to be much slower than the naval 5 inch gun system.Quote:
One of the less known ripple effects of North Korea's latest round of saber rattling is it provides the US military with reasons to speed up development of a next-generation artillery shell that travels extreme distances at four-times the speed of sound.
Yes, they can target missiles.
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Because the next-generation shells are precision-guided and travel at such extreme speed, they can hit targets as far as 100 miles away in 72 seconds, markedly reducing options to evade.
What's more, they can be fired off at 20 rounds per minute at targets, including moving ones, from modified artillery already in operation.
These include the US Navy's 5-inch, ship-mounted guns as well as the US Army's Paladin 155-mm howitzer, known as powder guns in military parlance. Standard artillery shells have a range of less than 20 miles.
That adds up to a lower cost for an anti-missile defense capability, said former US Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work during a 2015 speech at the US Army War College.
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BAE Systems has developed a HVP that is 26 inches long and weighs between 40 and 50 pounds, including a 15-pound payload. It is not the size, but the extremely high velocity that enables the HVP to deliver a devastating hit on its target.
At sea, BAE Systems expects to achieve a maximum rate of fire of 20 rounds per minute from a US Navy Mk 45 5-inch gun. It estimates 10 rounds per minute from the 155mm Advanced Gun System to be mounted on the 3 DDG 1000 warships, starting with the recently deployed USS Zumwalt.
http://www.atimes.com/article/north-korea-speeds-development-next-generation-us-artillery-shells/
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