Type 07 vertical-launch anti-submarine rocket

Type 07 VL-ASROC
TypeAnti-submarine missile
Place of origin Japan
Service history
In service2007 - present
Used by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Specifications
Mass1,284 kg
Length6.535 m
Diameter450 mm
WarheadType 97 or 12 torpedo
EngineTwo-stage solid-fuel rocket
Operational
range
over 30 kilometers (33,000 yd)[1]
Guidance
system
Inertial guidance
Launch
platform
Surface ship

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]

Description

In 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

 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
- Akizuki-class destroyer
- Asahi-class destroyer
- Maya-class destroyer

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Military information research group 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Technical Research and Development Institute 2012, chpt. 3..

Books

  • 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

  • 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.