UUM-125 Sea Lance

The UUM -125 Sea Lance is a weapon system that was developed by the U.S. Navy in 1980 to combat under-and above-water targets to replace the UUC -44 Subroc. The weapon came but never about the project status addition, the development program was stopped in 1990.

The Sea Lance is a mix of missile and torpedo. She flies like a rocket towards their target and then immersed briefly in front of the goal into the water to swim further than torpedo.

Benefits of Sea Lance

  • It reaches its destination faster than a normal torpedo and can be used over longer distances.
  • You can - in contrast to Torpedo - also be used by aircraft from a great height.
  • Missiles can be relatively easily repelled by military vessels: Heat Seeker Missile with false heat sources and radar missiles with aluminum strips. However, many military ships have no underwater defense and a torpedo are helpless.

Similar weapons

A similar function from the principle weapon is the Russian SS-N -15 Starfish SS-N -16 Stallion and SS-N -27 Sizzler.

Boeing Mach number Mark-50-Torpedo MIM-3 Nike Ajax MGM-5 Corporal SSM-N-8 Regulus CIM-10 Bomarc MGM-13 Mace Thor (rocket family) MGM-18 Lacrosse SS.11 RIM-24 Tartar MGM-29 Sergeant LGM-30 Minuteman MGM-31 Pershing ENTAC FIM-43 Redeye MGM-51 Shillelagh AGM-63 AIM-68 Big Q AGM-69 SRAM BGM-71 TOW MIM-72 Chaparral M47 Dragon AIM-82 FIM-92 Stinger AIM-95 Agile Trident (missile) AIM-97 Seekbat Convair F-102 Delta Dagger MIM-104 Patriot Tomahawk (missile) LGM-118 Peacekeeper AGM-124 Wasp AGM-130 AGM-131 SRAM II MGM-134 Midgetman ASM-135 ASAT AGM-137 TSSAM MGM-140 ATACMS Popeye (missile) Air Defense Anti-Tank System AIM-152 AAAM AGM-153 AGM-158 JASSM AGM-159 JASSM AGM-169 Joint Common Missile FGM-172 SRAW
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