While submarine-delivered torpedoes are one of the primary systems designed for sinking ships, new methods explored by the QUICKSINK program may achieve anti-ship lethality with air-launched weapons.
The Air Force - Navy program, called QUICKSINK, fired a precision-guided GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) at the surface ship as part of what’s called a Joint Capability Technology Demonstration.
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has revealed new details of a Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) designed to demonstrate a low-cost, air-delivered precision weapon for anti-ship strikes. Known as Quicksink, the conc.