Anti-ship ballistic missile - Wikipedia
An anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) is a military ballistic missile system designed to hit a warship at sea. Iranian Persian Gulf anti-ship ballistic missile. Due to the high flight speed of ballistic missiles, an ASBM's kinetic energy alone may be sufficient to cripple or outright destroy a target with a single conventional warhead impact.
China’s Aircraft Carrier Killers, And Who Else Has Them
Nov 17, 2021 · Together with other targets, designed to represent American warships, they are believed to be part of the Chinese Navy’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) program. This will provide the China with a potentially game-changing capability.
Houthi anti-ship missile systems: getting better all the time
Jan 8, 2024 · Finally, the Houthis have presented an S-75 (SA-2) surface-to-air missile, likely from pre-war Yemeni army stocks, modified for an anti-ship role using an Iranian guidance kit. ASBM technology is complex, and Iranian officials have admitted to finding its development challenging.
Is This the First Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Attack? - Popular Mechanics
Dec 1, 2023 · We Might Have Just Seen the World's First Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Attack. Maybe Houthi rebels attempted an unprecedented move on a U.S. Navy Destroyer. Or maybe not. U.S. Navy destroyer...
A Short History Of Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Attacks - Popular Mechanics
Jan 12, 2024 · As detailed in this Popular Mechanics feature, anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs) able to home in on moving ships were rare and exotic weapons that never before used in combat before a...
China’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Capability in the South China Sea ...
May 24, 2021 · A conventionally armed ASBM is designed to take advantage of its ballistic trajectory through the upper atmosphere to propel its warhead (or warheads) to hypersonic speeds so that they can penetrate any shipboard anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system that its targets have fielded.
USS Carney had ‘seconds’ to respond to anti-ship ballistic missiles
May 20, 2024 · On Dec. 26, the USS Laboon, with assistance from F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, downed three Houthi ASBMs along with twelve one-way attack drones and two land...
U.S. Admiral: China Can ‘Keep Pouring Money’ Into Anti-Ship Ballistic …
Jan 27, 2021 · China can continue spending money on anti-ship ballistic missiles, but it might not be the capability needed to win if a conflict broke out between the U.S. and China, the admiral overseeing Navy ...
China test-fires new YJ-21 hypersonic missile - Naval News
Apr 20, 2022 · Naval News regular contributor and analyst H I Sutton identified the missile as the hypersonic YJ-21 anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM), based on the CM-401 design.
New Chinese ship-launched ballistic missile tested
Imagery appears to show the launch of a previously unseen ship-launched anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) being tested from a Chinese surface vessel. If introduced into service, the new missile would increase the survivability and lethality of certain People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) surface vessels’ stand-off capabilities.