Boeing first revealed new anti-submarine rocket HAAWC, which is expected to equip patrol aircraft P-8 Poseidon. This writes Defense News.
System HAAWC (High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability) is designed to engage submarines at reset from a great height (about 9 kilometers). It is a kit that turns a compact 324-mm torpedo Mark 54 in a rocket with wings, tail and control system based on satellite navigation.
Demonstration of the missile with the P-8 to be held in 2017.
As noted by the American military, the need for high-rise mass destruction arose from the significant progress that China and Russia show their programmes on the development of the nuclear submarine fleet.
P-8 Poseidon — new patrol aircraft anti-submarine aircraft of the US Navy, coming into service from 2013 to replace the legacy P-3 Orion.
