USAF considers new anti-ship weapon.

Guy Alcala wrote:
Kevin Brooks wrote:

"KDR" wrote in message
oups.com...
I was wondering if Boeing has proposed a helicopter-launched version of
SLAM-ER. Have you heard anything about this?

At nearly 1500 pounds and a length of fourteen feet, why would anyone want
to bother?

Probably for the same reason that Exocet has been carried by Super Frelons,
Sea Kings and Cougars for years. Sure beats closing into retaliation range
with your skimmer. Of course, the USN is a lot better equipped with fixed-wing
air than other navies, but that didn't stop them integrating Penguin and
Hellfire on their SH-60s.

Guy

Since Harpoon can't be fired from a VLS cell, the Helo-launched
Penguin and Hellfire, as well as Standard SAM's fired in anti-surface
mode
(can Evolved Sea Sparrow be fired in anti-surface mode?) may be the
only
anti-ship missile capability some modern USN surface combatants have.

Considering that ship-launched Harpoons were used in the Gulf Of
Sidra incident and during Opering Preying Mantis (not sure about
Operation Desert Storm), is the above-listed capability enough?