US Navy test-fires missiles from unmanned boats
2,182 views · Published 8 December 2012 · 0:36 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: News Direct · 2012 · News & Politics
USV PEM, unmanned boats, US Navy, Rafael, Spike missiles ABSTRACT: The U.S. Navy successfully launched six missiles from an unmanned 36-foot motorboat during a test on October 24. The boat was armed with Spike missiles and a .50 caliber machine gun. During the test the unmanned surface vessel precision engagement module (USV PEM) was remotely controlled by a crew in a control station located on shore. They fired six missiles at stationary and moving targets from as far away as 3.5km during day and night conditions. The USV PEM project was designed in response to the concern over swarms of small attack craft that may come out of Iran or the Persian Gulf region. USV PEMs could be used in small fleets to patrol around bigger vessels to protect them from swarms of suicide attackers in small speedboats.
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