What is cheaper, the better: in the US presented the layout of the new rocket Strike Missile (photo)

Its presentation was held at the annual Surface Navy Association Symposium, and indicates the increasing need for US Armed Forces in accessible and massively produced air base ammunition. This was reported on January 16 by The War Zone. Renders presented by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group shows that the rocket has a compact and modular flat design. Its distinctive features include: at the moment, the size and technical characteristics of the rocket remain unknown.

However, the company representative noted that the project is in the development stage and the name of the rocket may be changed. General Atomics has not previously specialized in the creation of "Air-Earth" missiles, but has experience in the development of ammunition from other classes, including "Earth-Borings" and "Earth-Earth" missiles.

According to the authors of the material, current trends in the field of combat systems indicate that the boundary between unmanned solutions, winged rockets and rockets, which carry a useful load for the maintenance of radio electronic struggle, is becoming more blurred. Yes, a modular design is increasingly used in weapons, which allows you to adapt systems to different tasks. The new rocket is probably not an exception.

Moreover, Strike Missile can be an economically advantage of which the US army has been in need for a long time. And the creation of massively produced and inexpensive air base ammunition is caused by the necessity: analysts also noted that the presence of such weapons in the company portfolio means that it can be proposed directly in combination with its proposals for non -expelling aircraft and other unmanned systems.

"A strike rocket can fit both in the internal compartments and under the wings of other drones, including what General Atomics develops as part of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) Air Force program," experts summed up. Earlier it was reported that General Atomics Aeronautical Systems in partnership with Divergent Technologies has denied and built a drone A2le using 3D printing.