The Navy's New LRASM Missile Is A Direct Challenge To China

LRASM
April 17, 2020 Topic: Technology Region: Americas Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: LRASMMissileShipNavyChinaRussiaMilitaryTechnologyUSN

The Navy's New LRASM Missile Is A Direct Challenge To China

The realization dawned on navies across the world that long-range “over-the-horizon” missiles had replaced the gun, torpedo and aerial bomb as the preeminent antiship weapon in naval warfare.

Sébastien Roblin holds a master’s degree in conflict resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China. He has also worked in education, editing and refugee resettlement in France and the United States. He currently writes on security and military history for War Is Boring. This first appeared in April 2018.

Image: Lockheed Martin.