“An unknown containerized launcher able to fire the same suite of artillery rockets and ballistic missiles as the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System(MLRS) and M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) seen at the U.S. Army’s Fort Bragg earlier this year has been identified. This comes as the Army’s top general in the Indo-Pacific region has highlighted the value of “boxes of rockets” hiding in plain sight as part of a broader strategy that “gives our adversary pause.”
Just wanted to note that this and similar types of containerized weapons could be mounted on flight decks or even buoy decks of cutters. In Alaska where there are essentially no Navy surface vessels and few roads, this could be important in the first days of a conflict.
Chuck, I hope someone in the CG is listening to you.
The fastest way to grow a Surface Combatant (QUICK & DIRTY) overnight . . . is to take a T-ATS Navajo class Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship and just bolt down the containers and hook them up together. Account for SWaP-C and line them up with a mobile CIC in one . . . and off you go.