The United States is the top spender in military technology for a long time and will continue
to do so in foreseeable future.
With Russia and China ramping up its military, America is constantly upgrading its arsenal
with state of art technologies.
In this video, Defense Updates lists Top 5 future weapons of USA that will be deployed
in next decade.
Let's get started.
Intelligence is an important factor in any battlefield.
Timely, accurate and relevant intelligence during military operations can give a nation
massive tactical advantage.
Lockheed Martin the manufacturer of iconic SR-71 Blackbird, will be coming up with SR-72.
The SR-72 is a next-generation platform intended to provide intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance.
It will be able to penetrate even highly defended areas.
SR 72 will be unmanned and to prevent enemies from detecting or intercepting it, the SR-72
will travel at hypersonic speed.
It will have a velocity of around 4,000 mph or Mach 6 that is six times faster than the
speed of sound.
SR 72 will employ a very advance dual-mode engine that combines turbine and ramjet technologies
to achieve those speeds.
This drone is expected to enter service by 2030.
Railgun uses electromagnetic energy to fire shells at speeds of Mach 5 to 7.
It is touted to be the next game-changing military technology.
The US Navy has asked General atomics & BAE Systems to pursue this technology in parallel.
The initial research is aimed at arming navy ships with Railguns.
A Railgun is a gun that uses just electricity – no gunpowder.
The projectiles do not contain explosives or propellants but have extremely high velocities.
Hence Railgun has much further range than conventional guns and uses the kinetic energy
to inflict tremendous damage.
A 32 Megajoule prototype has been delivered by BAE SYSTEMS.
This particular rail gun delivers fire from up to 220 miles in range, around 10 times
the distance capable of standard ship-mounted guns.
Future ships will be armed with Railguns with hundreds of rounds, instead of a limited number
of conventional missiles making them far more deadly.
The system has the potential to play offensive as well as defensive role.
Once fully operational Railgun could be used against warships and defend against incoming
aircraft, cruise missile as well as ballistic missile.
The US Air Force is awarding almost $1 billion to Lockheed Martin to develop a hypersonic missile.
The missile could be launched from air and land initially and from the sea at later stages.
Russia and China have made good progress in this field and The United States is trying
to catch-up.
The idea is to develop a missile that can accelerate to the edge of space and then deploy
multiple 'Glide Vehicles' that will plummet back to earth at hypersonic speeds.
A traditional ballistic missile follows a parabolic path can so the path can be predicted
and there is a possibility of interception.
But Glide Vehicles will be able to maneuver, taking an erratic unpredictable path, making
them very hard to intercept.
B 21 Raider is long-range strategic bomber (LRS-B) for the United States Air Force, intended
to be a heavy-payload stealth aircraft capable of delivering thermonuclear weapons.
It's envisioned to replace the Air Force's aging fleets of B-1, B-2, and B-52 strategic
bombers, which have an average age of 27 years.
On 25 October 2013, Boeing and Lockheed Martin announced their teaming up for the LRS-B.
The other participant was Northrop Grumman.
On 27 October 2015, the Defense Department awarded the development contract to Northrop
Grumman.
The United States Air Force plans to purchase 80–100 LRS-B aircraft.
The initial value of the contract is $21.4 billion, but the deal could eventually be
worth up to $80 billion.
Though its specifications are still highly classified, the Raider is expected to be able
to handle strategic bombing, tactical bombing, and global strike, surveillance, reconnaissance,
intelligence, and electronic attack.
The Raider will carry nuclear and heavy conventional payloads and is being specifically designed
to counter next-generation anti-aircraft systems.
The Columbia-class submarine will be the cornerstone of America's strategic sea-based nuclear
delivery option in decades to come.
It will replace the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines.
The first submarine is scheduled to begin construction in 2021 and enter service in
2031.
They are expected to be service till 2080.
The United States plans to build 12 new Columbia-Class Submarines, each with 16 missile tubes.
These will house nuclear-armed Trident II D5 missiles.
Trident II can be loaded with 2 types of MIRV (Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle).
The Mark 5 MIRV can carry up to 14 W88 (475 kt) warheads, while the Mark 4 MIRV having
the ability to carry 14 W76 (100 kt) warheads.
The new submarines are being designed to be harder to detect and have a lower maintenance downtime.
The submarine will be quieter and will not need a mid-life refueling in order to complete
42 years of service.
The Columbia-Class will utilize many advance systems deployed in Virginia-class attack
submarine like fly-by-wire joystick control system and large-aperture bow array sonar.
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