In the US, found new use of old missiles

The HYDRA 70 missiles, which entered service with the American army as early as 1948, found a new use. According to the portal defensenews.com, Arnold Defense (a manufacturer of missiles), Nammo (a manufacturer of warheads), Supacat (a manufacturer of military vehicles) and the Military Systems Group (a manufacturer of weapon assembly systems) have announced joint work on the Fletcher project.

As part of the Fletcher project, it is planned to create a universal military vehicle, the main armament of which will be APKWS guided missiles - a laser-guided modification of the HYDRA 70. The initiator of the project, the company Arnold Defense, announced that the demonstration of the Fletcher machine will be held for the first time at the exhibition Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI), which will be held from 12 to 15 in September in London.

Fletcher project visualization

APKWS (Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System) is a modernized version of the HYDRA 70 unguided rocket. In the course of modernization, the ammunition received a module with laser sensors and rotary blades for precise targeting. The process of upgrading HYDRA 70 to APKWS is as follows: the HYDRA 70 rocket is disassembled into two parts (the warhead and the rocket engine), between which a new unit with blades and sensors is screwed.

The modernization of the HYDRA 70 missiles took place in two stages: in 1996, the US Department of Defense ordered General Dynamics to the system to convert unguided missiles into guided ones, but in 2005, the program was minimized due to the inadequacy of the prototype to the army requirements. Later, the project was resumed with a new contractor - BAE Systems, which created the APKWS rocket. In 2012, the upgraded missile entered service with the US Navy, and later other military structures. With the advent of APKWS, the US armed forces got what they lacked for a long time - inexpensive small-caliber guided missiles (the cost of a rocket is about $ 10 000), reports "Warspot".

Comments

[Per se]

Yes, in Syria, throw at your friends, as ours do ... Disposal, you understand ... And those and these ...

[enot73]

Quote: By itself

Yes, in Syria, throw at your friends, as ours do ..

Most likely they will be handed over to these same friends. There are still candidates for acquisition, lovers of different Western junk - APU (God forbid, of course)

[Grach-25sm]

Yeah ... Although nothing prevents the Americans from transferring technology through the same Poles to modernize the domestic S-8 NURS

[Lopatov]

This is not recycling.
Pretty effective device. On the other hand, the version presented on visualization loses significantly to its Arab-American counterpart, already made in metal.

16 Raytheon Guided Guides, 2 Helfaires just in case, plus 28 missiles stacked in the rear of the car. Plus a reconnaissance / highlighting station on the lifting rod, allowing the use of missiles from behind the crest of the shelter.

[Evdokim]

Do these missiles have expired by chance? And then doubts do not take a scam.

[avdkrd]

what's the difference? Corrected missiles for 10 000 $ is beyond good and evil. Inexpensive? The corrective device can cost 200 $, well, 1000 $ and that 70mm rocket costs 10 000 ??? Yes, the Yankees themselves will be driven into the coffin with such prices.

[Normal ok]

Quote: avdkrd

what's the difference? Corrected missiles for 10 000 $ is beyond good and evil. Inexpensive? The corrective device can cost 200 $, well, 1000 $ and that 70mm rocket costs 10 000 ??? Yes, the Yankees themselves will be driven into the coffin with such prices.

Learn materiel before writing nonsense. When I served in the Soviet Army in the 80's, guided anti-tank missiles cost like a Lada. And now they are clearly not cheaper. So that 10ty cu - quite normal.

[NIKNN]

Quote: Normal ok

When I served in the Soviet army in the 80s, guided anti-tank missiles cost like a Zhiguli. And now they are clearly not cheaper. So that 10 thousand cu - quite normal.

Well, the materiel took place ..., it is not worth confusing the ATGM and NUR ..., I did not find the cost of our S-8 (an approximate analogue uncontrollable), therefore, without any evidence, the dispute is about anything ...., but I think (I clarify this I think it’s not a fact that this is so), at the cost of the manufacturer (with modern countermeasures) a volley of 2 S-8 blocks will be more effective than this device and the damage will also be comparable to the volley of this miracle, but consider that it must apparently be accompanied target designation, so the danger of losing the medium is two orders of magnitude higher ..., well, like that ..

[Young_Communist]

However, I think that at the cost of the manufacturer (with modern countermeasures) a volley of 2 S-8 blocks will be more effective than this device

And if instead of 2x S-8 blocks, you can fill the target with several dump trucks of stones, it will be even cheaper, but stupid Americans did not guess

[Mih1974]

Your "not stupid" Americans so boasted of their "not expensive" UR and believed them all. And then they locked up the “Russian laponnye” and showed the SVP-24 Hephaestus system in action. And the Americans immediately began to look like "drowning bills." Whatever they say, but the hail “package” is much more effective than the same amount of “half-life” in price.

[Normal ok]

Quote: NIKNN

do not confuse ATGM and NUR

The article is about the fact that NUR is redone in UR! For 10tys cu - quite acceptable.

[Normal ok]

Quote: NIKNN

volley from 2x blocks of C-8 will be more effective than this device

As shown by the fighting in the Donbass, helicopters, in order to defeat the enemy NUR themselves, you need to enter the affected area sufficiently effective MANPADS. At the same time, it’s problematic to work out exactly on purpose. For amers, the specified upgraded device pounds on 10km !!!

[fyvaprold]

Quote: Normal ok

Quote: avdkrd

what's the difference? Corrected missiles for 10 000 $ is beyond good and evil. Inexpensive? The corrective device can cost 200 $, well, 1000 $ and that 70mm rocket costs 10 000 ??? Yes, the Yankees themselves will be driven into the coffin with such prices.

Learn materiel before writing nonsense. When I served in the Soviet Army in the 80's, guided anti-tank missiles cost like a Lada. And now they are clearly not cheaper. So that 10ty cu - quite normal.

Learn materiel ©, the X-29 rocket, in 1992, cost 6500 US dollars, which clearly exceeded the price of the Lada, and the Hydra, clearly not the X-29, the analogue of which (with twice the worst parameters) is the AGM-65. By the way, a similar modernization project for S-8 (laser correction) has existed for a long time in Russia. Something like this. Sincerely.

[Berber]

I agree. $ 10000 is really inexpensive. And the Arab-American version was impressive, especially the reconnaissance-backlight station.

[Zaurbek]

The difference is:
Apache has the main Halfier rocket (powerful and expensive)
NURS - Hydra 70mm, and Guided HYDRA, which is cheaper than ATGM and not so excessive in power ... to destroy non-tanks.

[opus]

Quote: avdkrd

$ 10 corrected missiles are beyond good and evil. Inexpensive?

Yes.
This is cheap.
BOPS Merkava 4 costs from $ 10-11000 (about the same about Abrams, Leo, and we are close)


AGM-114 Hellfire



Cost for 2012 - 68-98 thousand dollars, AGM-114R - 94 thousand dollars

Quote: avdkrd

A corrective device can cost $ 200, well, $ 1000

can't, another 30 years.

Quote: avdkrd

Yes, the Yankees themselves will be driven into the coffin with such prices.

not


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[Uryukc]

It’s good that there are those who are not too lazy to cut comments with plates of links and photos. Everything specifically and specifically is curious.

[Berber]

The basis of the strategic dominance of the States is not a weapon, but their printing press.

[Siberia55]

It is planned to create a universal military vehicle, the main weapon of which will be APKWS guided missiles - a laser-guided modification of the HYDRA 70.

Now barmaley in tandem to the memory on Toyota "accidentally" get these little animals with missiles.

[bagr69]

Have they developed something for the terrorists of Syria and Iraq? "Upgrade" combat pickup?
Or they will sell it to Ukraine for loans issued to them, help is approved ...

[bogart047]

Pramatic approach, it’s nice to learn from such an experience. Even if the Yankees save on their budget ...

[Siberia55]

Offer to send our old stuff to Charlottesville?

[bagr69]

You can send to Kabul.

[Siberia55]

Identity option.

[voyaka uh]

The same alteration as with air bombs: from uncontrollable
in managed.

[Normal ok]

Quote: voyaka uh

The same alteration as with air bombs: from uncontrollable to controlled.

By the way, with the air bombs, they succeeded in the test.

[minus]

The article was already in two months ago!
https://topwar.ru/117923-v-ssha-modernizirovali-n
eupravlyaemuyu-raketu-hydra-70-prinyatuyu-na-voor
uzhenie-v-1948-godu.html

[mvg]

I will say more. Article December 17, 2014. Kirill Ryabov. Army Herald.

[Professor]

Quote: Minus

The article was already in two months ago!

Is it just 2 months ago? For example, the 2014 year.
https://topwar.ru/64133-upravlyaemaya-raketa-apkw
s-ii-ssha.html

[Reserve buildbat]

And where does the "old"? These RSs are still being produced and applied. And the idea is very interesting, it would be worthwhile to look at such control units on our C-8.

[Zaurbek]

At least overpower the S-12 ...

[Zaurbek]

In the USSR, they went in this direction:
S-25L - 1979, an adjustable version of the S-25-OFM projectile with a semi-active laser 24H1 GOS, launch range 3-7 km.
S-25LD - 1984, adjustable, with a launch range increased to 10 km.

And that's all in the 80s ...

[faiver]

Well, a good revision

[Olegovi4]

there this module will cost like a rocket itself

[corporal]

It’s good that we are “partners”, and they won’t shoot at us.
But Rogozin shoot a desire appeared.