{"id":48552,"date":"2022-09-12T20:41:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T18:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=48552"},"modified":"2025-09-12T00:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:08:22","slug":"naval-strike-missile-the-modern-anti-ship-missile-that-the-spanish-navy-will-receive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/09\/12\/naval-strike-missile-the-modern-anti-ship-missile-that-the-spanish-navy-will-receive\/","title":{"rendered":"Naval Strike Missile: the modern anti-ship missile that the Spanish Navy will receive"},"content":{"rendered":"

The frigates of the \"\u00c1lvaro de Baz\u00e1n\" class (F-100) and those of the \"Bonifaz\" class (F-110) of the Spanish Navy will have a new and advanced anti-ship missile.<\/p>\n

The Norwegian company Kongsberg confirmed last Friday<\/a> that \"has received a confirmation that the Spanish Navy will acquire the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) to replace the Harpoon missile<\/strong> when this is retired from active service.\"<\/em> Kongsberg's note adds: \"The Spanish Navy plans to equip both the existing F-100 and the new F-110 with NSM.<\/strong> Additional information will be announced when the contract is awarded.\"<\/em> The company has also stated that \"cannot provide any further comment on the potential size of this contract.<\/strong>\"<\/em><\/p>\n

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Launch of a Naval Strike Missile from the littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords of the United States Navy (Photo: US Navy).<\/div>\n

The NSM, developed by the aforementioned Norwegian company, has been in service since 2012 and has so far been acquired by the United States <\/strong>(where it is operated by the Navy and Marines), Norway and Poland.<\/strong> It is also expected to be used by Germany, Australia, Canada, Malaysia and Romania, and its potential customers also include the United Kingdom, Ukraine, the Netherlands, India and Indonesia.<\/p>\n

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Explosion of the former Norwegian frigate KNM Trondheim, hit by an NSM during an exercise on June 5, 2012 (Photo: Forsvaret).<\/div>\n

As for its characteristics, the NSM weighs 407 kg, is almost 4 meters long and carries a 125 kg high-explosive fragmentation warhead<\/strong>, with a programmable fuse and a guidance system inertial, GPS and terrain reference navigation and infrared image search. Includes a database of targets to improve your accuracy. <\/strong>Its power plant is a TRI-40 solid fuel rocket, with which it is capable of reaching high subsonic speed<\/strong>. Its operational range is 185 km. In addition, it has a very low radar signature, it can fly at an extremely low altitude almost skimming the sea<\/strong> and make a flight following terrain features, which makes detection difficult.<\/p>\n

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A land-based NSM missile launcher (Photo: Kongsberg).<\/div>\n

The NSM can be launched from ships as well as from ground vehicles.<\/strong> Poland has acquired two ground batteries each equipped with six launch vehicles, two TRS-15C radars, 6 fire control systems and 3 I send. The NSM ground launch system is called Coastal Defense System (CDS)<\/a>. Likewise, Kongsberg has also designed an airborne version called the Joint Strike Missile (JSM)<\/strong>, which can be launched from an F-35 fighter.<\/p>\n

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Launch of an NSM (Photo: Kongsberg).<\/div>\n

The current Harpoon missile used by the Spanish Navy was developed in the 1970s.<\/strong> It is slightly smaller than the NSM and weighs 691 kg, with a 221 kg warhead and an impact fuse. Its power plant is a CA J402 turbojet engine with which it can reach a speed of 864 km\/h. It has a range of 139 km. The Harpoon also has an airborne version<\/strong> that is used by the Spanish Air Force.<\/p>\n

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Main photo: United States Department of Defense.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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