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Monday, October 13, 2014

Army Should Build Ship-Killer Missiles: Rep. Randy Forbes

Anti-small-boat weaponChina has an arsenal of long-range ship-killing missiles, based on land but able to hit US warships hundreds of miles offshore.

Now the chairman of the House seapower subcommittee suggests we give them a taste of their own “anti-access/area denial” medicine. Why shouldn’t the US Army develop its own land-based anti-ship missile force?

Rep. Randy Forbes has carefully timed his letter to the Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Ray Odierno, sending it on the eve of the service’s largest annual gathering, the massive Association of the US Army conference here in Washington.

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  1. Anonymous14/10/14 01:04

    Why shouldn't the U.S. build its own land based anti-ship missiles? That is a dumbass question. Exactly who would be the target?

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