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Arrow NMESIS: The US Marine Corps Has Big Plans To Sink China’s Navy

NMESIS: The US Marine Corps Has Big Plans To Sink China’s Navy
By: Caleb Larson - 19fortyfive News - 01-05-21
Re: https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/01/...k-chinas-navy/

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A Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System launcher deploys into position aboard Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hawaii, Aug. 16, 2021. The NMESIS and its Naval Strike Missiles participated in a live-fire exercise, here, part of Large Scale Exercise 2021. During the training, a Marine Corps fires expeditionary advanced base sensed, located, identified and struck a target ship at sea, which required more than 100 nautical miles of missile flight. The fires EAB Marines developed a targeting solution for a joint force of seapower and airpower which struck the ship as the Marines displaced to a new firing position. The Marine Corps EABO concept is a core component of the Force Design 2030 modernization effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Maj. Nick Mannweiler, released)

The Marine Corps’ NMESIS Ship Killer Just Got a Big Boost: The US Marine Corps wants more long-range anti-ship missiles to counter China.

The China Challenge:

A profound shift is underway in the United States military, as the U.S. transitions from battling non-state terrorism and gears up for a potential peer conflict with China. Perhaps no other branch has felt this shift more than the United States Marine Corps.

Gone are the long, grinding land campaigns that defined conflict in the Middle East. Instead, the Marines are returning to their aquatic roots and divesting anything that is not amphibious in the process.

All tank battalions have been deactivated, along with a significant number of artillery and tube mortar systems. The mantra: if it doesn’t swim, it sinks. Instead, the Marine Corps is investing heavily in an array of new equipment and systems. One of these could potentially turn Marines into ship hunters, a domain traditionally monopolized by the U.S.M.C.’s sister service, the U.S. Navy.

NMESIS Ship Killer:

The Marine’s novel NMESIS system is essentially an amalgamation of the Navy’s Naval Strike Missile, a powerful anti-ship munition developed in Norway, and the Corps’ Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, an Army-Marine Corps HMMWV replacement.

By stripping the JLTV’s to just the chassis and front engine block, the Marine Corps freed up enough space to mate a pair of containerized Naval Strike Missiles to the truck and operate it remotely. Stationed on remote specks of land throughout the Pacific, the NMESIS could lie in wait and sink enemy ships in theory.

The More NMESIS the Merrier

The NMESIS program just got a big boost thanks to a recent Marine Corps contract award.

“Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $21,164,178 firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract for the production of the Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) naval strike missile (NSM) launcher unit (NLU) and weapon control system (WCS) production representative models,” an award notice published by the United States Department of Defense reads.

“NMESIS is a land-based missile launcher platform that provides the Fleet Marine Force with an anti-ship capability. NMESIS integrates a NLU, capable of launching two NSMs, onto a Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires carrier. The NLU is controlled by the WCS located externally in a command and control vehicle. Work will be performed in Kongsberg, Norway (70%); Tucson, Arizona (15%); and Mooresville, North Carolina (15%). Work is expected to be completed in April 2023. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $9,466,190 are being obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.”

What Happens Next?

The Marine Corps is going all-in in transforming itself into a force optimized for war in the Pacific — and new systems like the NMESIS could offer the Corps an edge against a peer adversary.

In this article:China, Chinese Navy, NMESIS, NotHome, PLAN, US Marine Corps, US Military

About this writer: Caleb Larson is a multimedia journalist and defense writer.
A graduate of UCLA, he also holds a Master of Public Policy and lives in Berlin.
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