The Russian Navy will receive for service an essentially new anti-submarine guided missile (ASGM). It enables killing submarines at a distance of up to tens of kilometres from warships. The ASGM operating pattern is fairly simple. A patrol aircraft or helicopter detects a submarine in a real time mode and provides a target designation. Further on, a missile is launched from the ship to the designated area where the target is destroyed, the Izvestia newspaper reports.
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| The first such weapon, RUR-5 ASROC (Anti-Submarine ROCket) was developed by Americans in 1961. Its operating range was limited by the operating range of the then sonars, not exceeding ten kilometres. (Picture source: US Navy) |
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