Nulka
Nulka is an Australian-designed and -developed active missile
AWADI) (now BAE Systems Australia). BAE refers to Nulka as a "soft-kill defence system".[4] The word "Nulka" is of Australian Aboriginal
origin and means "be quick".
The Nulka consists of the missile itself enclosed in a hermetically sealed canister. This canister is then contained in a dedicated launcher module, adjacent and used in tandem with the Mark 36 launcher (if fitted).
By July 2017, Nulka had been fitted to more than 150 Australian, Canadian, and United States warships,Nimitz-class aircraft carriers as well as Australia's future destroyers.[6] This made the system Australia's most successful defence export.[7]
In 2012, Lockheed Martin announced that it had successfully tested its new ExLS (Extensible Launching System) for Nulka. The tests were conducted at the
Woomera Test Range, Australia.[8]
On 9 October 2016, the guided-missile destroyer
Houthi rebels off the Yemeni coast around 7 PM local time.[9]
See also
- Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
- Electronic countermeasure
- Electronic warfare
- Naval Decoy IDS300
- Sonar decoy
- C-GEM
References
- ^ Pike, John; Sherman, Robert (30 June 1999). "MK-53 Nulka Decoy Launching System (DLS)". Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "SEA 1397 - Project Nulka". Defence Materiel Organisation. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008.
- ^ "Nulka". BAE Systems Marketing. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Nulka". BAE Systems. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "BAE Systems awarded $50M Nulka contract". BAE Systems. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ Kerr, Julian (23 October 2010). "Nulka missile decoys to guard US carriers". The Australian. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "One Thousand Rounds of Applause For Nulka". BAE Systems. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "New launch system for Nulka from Lockheed". Australian Defence Magazine. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ LaGrone, Sam (11 October 2016). "USS Mason Fired 3 Missiles to Defend from Yemen Cruise Missiles Attack". USNI News. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nulka.
- Don Northam, David Gambling, Mal Crozier (2013). NULKA : A Compelling story (PDF). Canberra: Defence Science and Technology Organisation. ISBN 9780987544704.)
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