The Type 07 vertical-launch anti-submarine rocket (07式垂直発射魚雷投射ロケット, 07-shiki suichoku hassha gyorai tōsha roketto) is a Japanese ship-launched anti-submarine missile.[2]
| Type 07 VL-ASROC | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Anti-submarine missile |
| Place of origin |  Japan |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2007 - present |
| Used by |  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 1,284 kg |
| Length | 6.535 m |
| Diameter | 450 mm |
| Warhead | Type 97 or 12 torpedo |
| Engine | Two-stage solid-fuel rocket |
Operational range | over 30 kilometers (33,000 yd)[1] |
Guidance system | Inertial guidance |
Launch platform | Surface ship |
Description
editIn fiscal year 1991, the Japanese Technical Research and Development Institute (技術研究本部, Gijutsu Kenkyū Honbu) began developing an extended-range version of the RUR-5 ASROC to exploit the greater direct-path range of the new low-frequency OQS-XX and OQS-2x sonar systems. Following the end of the Cold War, this new anti-submarine missile yielded a complete improvement over prior systems, including not only simple range extension but also an improvement in responsiveness.[2]
The missile is fired from Mark 41 vertical launching systems and is capable of reaching supersonic speeds. It is controlled by an inertial guidance system and uses thrust vectoring.[2] Its maximum range is said to be over 30 kilometres (19 miles).[1]
Operators
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force- - Akizuki-class destroyer
- - Asahi-class destroyer
- - Maya-class destroyer
See also
editReferences
editBooks
edit- Technical Research and Development Institute, ed. (2012). Technical Research and Development Institute Sixty Year History. NCID BB10936527.
- Kaijin-sha, ed. (January 2015). "Shipboard weapons of the World". Ships of the World (811). Kaijin-sha: 1–183. NAID 40020297435.
Articles
edit- Military information research group, ed. (August 2010). "Anti-submarine warfare of helicopter carrier type destroyer against high performance submarine". Military research. 45 (8). Japan Military Review: 123–146. NAID 40017178402.