{"id":32397,"date":"2026-10-04T12:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T07:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=32397"},"modified":"2026-10-06T12:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T06:43:27","slug":"navy-marine-expeditionary-ship-interdiction-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/navy-marine-expeditionary-ship-interdiction-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System <\/b><b>Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. military will deploy its NMESIS anti-ship missile launcher to Yonaguni, Japan\u2019s westernmost inhabited island and about 107 km from Taiwan, during a major U.S.-Japanese exercise this month. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> ground-based anti-ship missile system <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">developed for the <\/span><b>US Marine Corps <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(USMC) to support<\/span><b> land-to-sea attacks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> performed by the US Navy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Country of Origin: United States.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>entered service<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>2021<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, providing the Marine Corps with a critical tool for anti-ship warfare in remote and distributed operational environments.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>features <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>US Navy\u2019s latest anti-ship missile, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Naval Strike Missile (NSM), mounted atop <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the chassis of an <\/span><b>unmanned variant of the Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> ground vehicle platform, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">known as the <\/span><b>Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary (ROGUE) Fires vehicle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is supplied by Oshkosh Defense, United States, while the NSM is jointly manufactured by Raytheon Missiles &amp; Defense (Raytheon), United States, and Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence &amp; Aerospace.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NMESIS is not considered an autonomous launcher, as its fire control system is not controlled by the self-driving system and autonomy technology.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The system is <\/span><b>operated by a marine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who is responsible for mission planning and firing of the missile.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Features of ROGUE Fires:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It incorporates advanced <\/span><b>autonomous vehicle technologies, off-road mobility, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and high payload carrying capacity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vehicle is <\/span><b>remotely operated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using the teleoperator or leader-follower modes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vehicle <\/span><b>lacks a crew cab\/body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is integrated with sensors and cameras, with a launcher mounted atop the vehicle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vehicle has a <\/span><b>range of 480-640 km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> depending on terrain and operational conditions, allowing it to cover large areas in a single mission.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The flexible design of the platform allows it to be configured to meet different mission requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Features of NSM:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>multi-mission cruise missile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that can ably neutralise highly secure maritime and land targets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a firing <\/span><b>range <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>approximately 185 km <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(100 nautical miles), and flies at a <\/span><b>subsonic speed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of around 0.9 Mach.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span><b>s multi-mode guidance system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> incorporates<\/span><b> inertial navigation, GPS,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>active radar homing.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile\u2019s<\/span><b> low radar cross-section <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">makes it difficult to detect, and its sea-skimming flight profile allows it to avoid detection by enemy radar systems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It carries a 226.79 kg-class warhead and programmable fuse.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/defence-blog.com\/u-s-anti-ship-missiles-head-to-japans-westernmost-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>DEF<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System is a USMC ground-based anti-ship missile system supporting land-to-sea attacks. 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