Those deely-bobs are well fitted to emplacement on Palau, where C-130s easily can land and leave and the locals are friendly to Americans. IMO, Palau is more important to Western Pacific strategics than Formosa. Hypersonics, when they come online, ditto. Russians and Chinese stole US hypersonic tech before US brainiacs shelved it. They have several generations past that original now. Everybody has to get small, fast, and strategic al la Clausewitz and Machiavelli. Russia's Ukraine operations are monitory. A new class of warfare is happening there -- including land-to-sea -- which everyone will learn or be clean-sleeved.
If the ukes have guidance packages the rocket has a 50km range. Or the could pattern a salvo and hit with bomblets. That would saturate a good sized box of water
The LMT Guided MLRS page lists their new Extended Range Guided MLRS rounds as ranging "out to 150 kilometers", so targeting becomes the main problem in making coastlines dangerous again.
Those deely-bobs are well fitted to emplacement on Palau, where C-130s easily can land and leave and the locals are friendly to Americans. IMO, Palau is more important to Western Pacific strategics than Formosa. Hypersonics, when they come online, ditto. Russians and Chinese stole US hypersonic tech before US brainiacs shelved it. They have several generations past that original now. Everybody has to get small, fast, and strategic al la Clausewitz and Machiavelli. Russia's Ukraine operations are monitory. A new class of warfare is happening there -- including land-to-sea -- which everyone will learn or be clean-sleeved.
If the ukes have guidance packages the rocket has a 50km range. Or the could pattern a salvo and hit with bomblets. That would saturate a good sized box of water
I can think of a few places these would really look good. Just quiet, unobtrusive pieces of land, with just a glimpse of South China Sea to the west.
Or east.
Or north.
A ship's a fool to fight a fort....
The LMT Guided MLRS page lists their new Extended Range Guided MLRS rounds as ranging "out to 150 kilometers", so targeting becomes the main problem in making coastlines dangerous again.