The report notes that a test flight is planned in 2026 for the weapon to be fielded in 2029 on its F-35C and possibly its F/A-XX next-generation carrier-based fighter. The Warzone reported last month that the US Navy had awarded separate contracts worth US$116 million to Raytheon and Lockheed Martin to develop an air-launched, air-breathing hypersonic anti-ship missile dubbed the Hypersonic Air-Launched Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare (HALO). The two missiles aim to address glaring capability gaps in America’s anti-ship weapons, particularly air-launched ones that enable standoff engagements.Īir & Space Forces Magazine reports that this ramped-up production aims to boost missile stocks that simulations have shown would be quickly depleted in a Taiwan contingency, with defense giant Lockheed Martin producing 500 LRASMs and JASSM-ER missiles a year but with plans to increase that number to 1,000 units annually. This month, Air & Space Forces Magazine reported that Lockheed Martin had opened a second production line to make two of the US Navy’s next-generation anti-ship missiles, the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) and its air-launched variant, the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER). Senior executives of the two companies have been banned from entering and staying in China, the statement said.įor Chinese enterprises' activities such as export, transit, transshipment and transportation related to the two US companies, relevant import and export activities will not be allowed.The US Navy is rebuilding its ship-killing edge by fielding stealthier, smarter and faster missiles, a move toward phasing out the long-serving Harpoon as its primary anti-surface weapon. He urged the US to stop military engagement with and arms sales to Taiwan, stop creating tensions across the Strait and avoid going further down the wrong path of colluding with the Taiwan authorities to change the status quo in the Strait.Ĭhina-related import and export activities of Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Missiles and Defense have been banned, in order to prevent Chinese products from being used for military purposes, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Tuesday. The move seriously violates the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, and harms peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a daily news conference on Tuesday.įacts have proven that the root cause of the new round of tensions across the Strait is the Taiwan authorities' repeated attempts to solicit US support for "Taiwan independence", he said.Īt the same time, some people in the US are working with the Taiwan authorities to change the status quo in the Strait, and they intend to contain China by playing the "Taiwan card", Wang said, adding that such moves are "extremely dangerous" and no different from playing with fire. Taiwan will buy as many as 400 land-launched Harpoon missiles from the US, and their production is expected to be completed by March 2029, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Ĭhina has expressed its opposition to military contacts between the United States and Taiwan, as well as arms sales to the island, and vowed to take resolute measures to defend the country's sovereignty and security interests. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin speaks during a regular news briefing in Beijing on Friday, April 18, 2023.
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