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ORIGINAL: Excroat3

This is actually somewhat interesting, because the closer to the target you fire the missile, the more damage it does?

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Raytheon's new Excalibur N5 projectile was fired from a 5-inch naval gun during a flight test at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona.

The Excalibur N5 is a 5-inch variant of Raytheon's Excalibur extended range precision projectile. The projectile is currently in use by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps, in addition to other armed forces. The company expects the N5 variant will triple the effective range of naval gun munitions currently in use, while maintaining the same accuracy.

The new sea-based projectile is designed to be used for naval surface fire support, anti-surface warfare, and engaging fast attack craft.

ORIGINAL: Excroat3

Tomahawk Missiles Will Get Twice As Deadly By Blowing Up Their Own Fuel
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/news/a18994/tomahawk-missiles-fuel-air-explosion/

This is actually somewhat interesting, because the closer to the target you fire the missile, the more damage it does?

Yu-11[edit]
Yu-11 is the follow on of Yu-7 powered by the same Otto fuel II and developed by the same 705th Institute.[2] Development first begun in 2002 and the torpedo finally entered service more than a decade later in 2015,[3] with its existence revealed by CCTV-7 in the same year when the TV station ran a footage of Chinese naval war games in July 2015, showing a new light weight torpedo (LWT) launched from a surface warship.[2] The new Chinese LWT is obviously longer than its predecessor Yu-7 and many Chinese military enthusiasts have postulated that the extended section houses additional fuel to increase the speed and range, but some western analysts such as Jane's Information Group have also postulated that the extended section might house homing and data processing subsystems.[4]

The most significant improvement of Yu-11 over its predecessor Yu-7 is in the propulsion system, with steam generated propels the torpedo in a closed Rankine cycle,[2] thus enabling Yu-11 to have greater operating depth, rumored to be over six hundred meters. The contra-rotating propellers of Yu-7 is replaced by a pump-jet,[2][4] making China the fourth nation in the world to master the technology of adopting pump-jet for torpedoes.[2] Another benefit of adopting pump-jet is the significant reduction of noise radiated by the torpedo, thus greatly increasing the difficulty to detect the approaching torpedo.[4] Specification:[2]

Speed: 50 kt max
Range: 11 km @ 50 kt, 30 km @ 26 kt
Diameter: 324 mm

At the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) National Symposium currently held near Washington DC, Norwegian company Kongsberg is showcasing the Freedom and Independence variant Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), an Arleigh Burke class Destroyer (DDG 51) and a San Antonio class Landing Platform Dock (LPD 17) each fitted with eight Naval Strike Missiles (NSM).
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"Kongsberg is showing what the distributed lethality concept could look like on a number of U.S. Navy vessels" Hans Kongelf, Vice President of Missile Systems at Kongsberg, told us during SNA 2016.

The distributed lethality concept was introduced (and is being advocated) by Vice Admiral Thomas Rowden, the Commander of the U.S. Navy's surface forces. It can be summarized by fitting more weapons on more vessels in order to "deceive the enemy, target the enemy, and destroy the enemy".

At the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) National Symposium currently held near Washington DC, Navy Recognition learned that Lockheed Martin is working on a "top side" (deck mounted) configuration for its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) in addition to the vertically launched (from Mk-41) variant. The vertical launched LRASM was already successfully tested in September 2014.

At the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) National Symposium currently held near Washington DC, General Atomics Electromagnetics unveils for the first time its "Multi-mission Medium Range Railgun Weapon System". Brochures and a poster at SNA 2016 showed the weapon system fitted on board a Freedom variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).

"ORKA's first flight test took place in December 2015 and was fin stabilized only (no canards) to check aerodynamic stability" said Charlie McCullough, Director of business development, maritime weapons at BAE Systems. McCullough explained that maneuvering tests with canards would take place this summer.

ORKA follows a U.S. Navy requirement to give more lethality to Littoral Combat Ships, especially against swarming types of attacks.

Raytheon is currently developing a Millimeter Waver Radar seeker for the Excalibur N5 projectile, Navy Recognition has learned during the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) National Symposium held last week near Washington DC.

ORIGINAL: Dysta
Fuel-air explosion is not only a military hype, but also a hidden nightmare from several missiles, and is happening too.

The French Navy (Marine Nationale) has released a series of nice pictures showing the Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group (CSG) underway in the Arabian/Persian Gulf. The French CSG is currently is currently deployed in the area in support of coalition operations against Daesh in Iraq and Syria.

The Project 885 Yasen-class nuclear-powered submarine Severodvinsk (K-560) has launched 3M-54 and 3M-14 cruise missiles during its state trials, Director of the Malakhit Marine Design Bureau Vladimir Dorofeyev said on Tuesday.

Russia’s Navy received less surface ships than scheduled in 2015 over disruptions in the fulfillment of state defense order, military and naval experts said on Monday. In particular, the Russian Navy did not receive three Project 11356 and Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov and the Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren, the experts said, referring to Head of the Navy’s Ship-Building Department Captain 1 Rank Vladimir Tryapichnikov.

A commissioning, naming and flag-presenting ceremony of the new "Jingmen" corvette (hull number 506) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) was held solemnly at the Yulin Naval Base located on Hainan island in China. The event means that the warship is officially commissioned to the PLAN. Jingmen is the twenty-fourth Type 056 Corvette (Jiangdao class).
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Update 27/01/2016: Jingmen is actually a Type 056A, the variant fitted with a variable depth sonar. A photo of the stern of the ship shows the presence of a VDS.

An article published on the website of the Chinese town of Linyi indicates that the fourth People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) Type 071 amphibious transport dock LPD Yimeng Shan (hull number 988) will be commissioned next Monday, February 1st 2016. Yimeng Shan was built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a wholly owned subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC, the largest shipbuilding group in China) as was the case for the first three Type 071 vessels.

Yimeng Shan was launched in January last year and started sea trials in September 2015. The vessel is set to join the PLAN's East Sea Fleet (it will be the first vessel of the class for this fleet).