Conventional Prompt Strike
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Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS), formerly called Prompt Global Strike (PGS), is a
System
The CPS system is intended to complement existing American rapid-response forces, such as Forward Deployed Forces,
- a rocket similar to existing via submarine
- an air- or submarine-launched Boeing X-51or Advanced Hypersonic Weapon
- a kinetic weapon launched from an orbiting space platform
In 2010, the
Development history
Background
The
A potential enemy cannot be certain that a launched ICBM contains only a conventional warhead, not a nuclear one. It is thus currently unclear what design features or precautions could convince China and Russia, two countries with advanced launch-detection systems and nuclear ICBMs, to ignore their early-warning systems. Current ideas include a low-trajectory missile design, or allowing Russian and Chinese inspection of CPS missile sites.[4][5]
On 11 April 2010,
Advanced hypersonic weapon
On 18 November 2011, the first advanced hypersonic weapon (AHW) glide vehicle was successfully tested by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command as part of the Prompt Global Strike program.[13] The missile was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii, and struck a target at the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, over 3,700 kilometres (2,300 mi) away, in under 30 minutes.[14] The prototype, which incorporated technologies developed by Sandia National Laboratories, was used to gather data to assist the development of future hypersonic warheads.[15] The AHW followed an endo-atmospheric (within earth atmosphere, at altitude below 100 kilometers) non-ballistic trajectory during the test flight. This is a crucial design feature, as following a depressed trajectory that is much lower and flatter than a normal ICBM prevents other nuclear-armed nations from mistakenly thinking the AHW is a nuclear-tipped missile.[16][clarification needed]
The second AHW test flight occurred on 25 August 2014 from the
HTV-2
The
Submarine option
In January 2012,
The Conventional Prompt Strike successfully tested a rocket motor for ship and submarine-launched cells in June 2021.
Foreign responses
People's Republic of China
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) began developing a long-range hypersonic missile, the DF-ZF rocket-boosted hypersonic glide vehicle, in the 2010s.[23] Seven flight tests[24] — with one failure[25] — were conducted from January 2014[25] through 2016.[24] It likely entered service by October 2019.[26]
Russia
In December 2010, Russian military experts indicated that the forthcoming
In September 2014, Russia's president Vladimir Putin mentioned CPS among a number of the new threats Russia faced, along with the US Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system in Alaska, the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System in Europe, and increased NATO activity in eastern Europe. Deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin again warned that Russia would upgrade its strategic nuclear forces and aerospace defences in response to the CPS system.[29]
Jane's Intelligence Review reported in 2015 that the Russian
In October 2015, while attending a non-proliferation conference in New York, the
In March 2018, the Avangard hypersonic warhead, a development of the Yu-71/Yu-74, entered series production.[31][32][33]
See also
- Air Force Global Strike Command
- Anti-ship ballistic missile
- Avangard (Russia)
- Aegis cruisersto launch intercontinental missiles
- Non-ballistic atmospheric entry
- DF-21D, a conventionally armed MRBM deployed by China in an anti-ship capacity
- DF-ZF, China
- Kinetic bombardment
- Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon
- Tupolev Tu-360
- Rocket Cargo, delivery of cargo in 1 hour anywhere in the world by US military
References
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And we have prompt global strike affording us some conventional alternatives on long-range missiles that we didn't have before
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- ^ a b Fisher, Richard D Jr (26 November 2015). "US officials confirm sixth Chinese hypersonic manoeuvring strike vehicle test". Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 29 November 2015.
- ^ Rahmat, Ridzwan; Udoshi, Rahul (3 August 2022). "Update: China releases rare footage of supposed DF-17 missile firing". Janes. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
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- ^ "Russia's Defense Ministry signs production contract for Avangard hypersonic systems". TASS. 12 March 2018.
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External links
Library resources about Conventional Prompt Strike |
- Woolf, Amy F. (7 July 2017). "Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues" (PDF). fas.org. Congressional Research Service.
- "U.S. Looks To Non-Nuclear Weapons To Use As Deterrent". Washington Post. 8 April 2010.
- "Why Do We Need ‘Hypersonic’ Strike Weapons, Exactly?". Defense One. 17 September 2014.