Overnight I engaged my brain.
There has been a reasonably long standing (pre-2014 at least) desire to give Typhoon an anti-ship capability.
Typhoon has been tested carrying up to six Marte-ER anti-ship missiles (range 'well beyond 100km') but I don't think there have been any takers yet. Plans were rumoured for it to be included as a capability in the Phase 4E upgrade.
Back in 2017 Kongsberg announce plans for integration of the Kongsberg/Raytheon JSM with Typhoon - the Norwegians want it for their F-35s and I believe it can be carried in the internal weapons bay.
Presumably both Typhoon and F-35 will be compatible with the proposed anti-ship variant of SPEAR-3?
I suspect any UK P-8 Stand-off ASuW buy will depend on the outcome of the USN OASuW Increment 2 competition with the RAAF, RAF and possibly the Luftwaffe wanting to retain commonality, would be daft to buy LRASM before knowing if it wins the competition for a missile with a 2024 ISD. Even then it depends on an agreed OR and HMG stumping up the money.
Last edited by SLXOwft; 12th Jul 2021 at 10:59.
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