A US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber proved a low-cost, air-delivered method for defeating surface vessels through Quicksink.
The US Air Force tested its guided bomb, Quicksink, which strikes marine vessels like a torpedo, during the exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024.
During the SINKEXs, participating units from Australia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, and the US Air Force, Army, and Navy gained proficiency in tactics, targeting, and live firing against surface ships at sea.As part of the SINKEX, a US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, in partnership with the US Navy, proved a low-cost, air-delivered method for defeating surface vessels through a Quicksink demonstration.
According to the US, this bomb is an urgent answer to the need to quickly neutralize maritime threats over massive expanses of oceans worldwide at minimal cost., torpedoes are also quite expensive to deploy and require special naval assets like submarines in the adversarial vicinity to cause intended damage.
The JDAM’s target coordinates can be loaded into the aircraft before takeoff, before weapon release, and automatically from the aircraft’s sensors. Additionally, these training events refine partner nations’ abilities to plan, communicate, and conduct complex maritime operations such as precision and long-range strike capabilities.
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