By Geoff Fein The Navy is currently not looking to add a maritime variant of the Air Force's Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) to its weapons inventory, relying instead on planned upgrades to its existing Harpoon and Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW) to carry out maritime interdiction missions, according to a Navy official. "Is the Navy pursuing JASSM? No. The Navy is not pursuing JASSM," Capt. Mat Winter, the Navy's program manager for Precision Strike Weapons, told Defense…
Navy Will Rely On Upgraded Harpoon And JSOW For Maritime Interdiction Role
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