{"id":1809619,"date":"2023-01-18T11:21:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1809619"},"modified":"2023-01-18T11:25:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:25:02","slug":"u-s-marines-have-new-ship-killing-weapons-system-to-counter-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-marines-have-new-ship-killing-weapons-system-to-counter-china\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Marines Have New Ship-Killing Weapons System to Counter China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-marines-have-new-ship-killing-weapons-system-to-counter-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1809619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NMESIS-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction Systems (NMESIS) will equip the Marine Littoral Regiments the United States will establish in Okinawa or Guam over the next few years. This will enable the Marines to destroy any enemy ships.<\/p>\n<p>NMESIS is being tested at the moment, but it will be delivered to you on time. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/marine-littoral-regiment-squad-size-fire-teams\/\" rel=\"noopener\">3rd Marine Littoral Regiment in Hawaii<\/a> Ashley M. Calingo, spokesperson for Marine Corps Systems Command, stated that the fiscal year ended in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Each Marine Littoral Regiment will consist of approximately 2,000 Marines and sailors. It also includes an anti-ship battery using NMESIS. This consists of Naval Strike Missiles with a range up to 115 miles mounted on unmanned Joint Light Tactical Vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Joe McPherson is the program manager for Long Range Fires at Marine Corps Systems Command. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marines.mil\/News\/News-Display\/Article\/2773565\/corps-views-new-ship-killing-system-as-key-to-force-design-modernization\/\" rel=\"noopener\">in a Sept. 2021 Marine Corps news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/newsletters\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Subscribe to Task &#038; Purpose Today<\/strong><\/a><strong>. Daily updates, entertainment, news and gear for the military sent directly to your inbox.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Over the past 20 to 30 years, America\u2019s potential adversaries have invested heavily in weapons that are meant to destroy U.S. ships and aircraft, McPherson said in the news release. One of NMESIS\u2019 advantages over other U.S. military weapons is that ground-based launchers have proven to be hard for enemies to find in past wars, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what NMESIS brings to the fight \u2014 a launcher that is survivable inside the enemy\u2019s weapons engagement zone,\u201d McPherson stated.<\/p>\n<p>The 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment (M3Rd Marine Littoral Regiment) was activated in February 2021. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that the 12th Artillery Regiment from Okinawa would be reorganized as the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment by 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marine Corps plans to move the 4th Marine Regiment (Okinawa to Guam) to Guam. It is expected to be reorganized as the 4th Marine Littoral Regiment by 2027. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2023\/01\/10\/us-japan-set-announce-shake-up-marine-corps-units-deter-china\/\" rel=\"noopener\">the Washington Post reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the United States needed to protect Japan from China\u2019s navy, Marines from littoral regiments could <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/military-china-taiwan-world-war-ii-pacific\/\" rel=\"noopener\">deploy to remote islands in the Pacific<\/a>Stacie Peettyjohn, director for the defense program at Center for a New American Studies in Washington, D.C., stated that they could attack Chinese ships from there using NMESIS.<\/p>\n<p>Pettyjohn explained to Task &#038; Purpose that NMESIS is only effective against Chinese ships close to Japan because the Naval Strike Missiles are limited in range. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/china-taiwan-next-major-war\/\" rel=\"noopener\">If China invaded Taiwan<\/a>To sink any Chinese invasion ships, Marines equipped with NMESIS must be present on the island.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/war-game-taiwan-china-us\/\" rel=\"noopener\">a recent wargame held by the Center for Strategic &#038; International Studies<\/a> According to retired Marine Col. Mark Cancian, a think tank that assessed a Chinese invasion on Taiwan in 2026 found Marine Littoral Regiments only succeeded if they were deployed forward to Taiwan prior to the war started.<\/p>\n<p>Cancian explained that the wargame resulted in a littoral regiment not being able to be resupplied with troops after the war started. It was also shown that Chinese forces consistently destroyed Marine units from Okinawa who tried to move to Taiwan, or to expeditionary bases in Pacific after hostilities began.<\/p>\n<p>The Marine Littoral Regiment concept is part of Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger\u2019s Force Design 2030 plan, which is meant to make the Corps lighter and expeditionary enough to win a war against China.<\/p>\n<p>However, Berger\u2019s plan has run into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/marine-corps-warfighting-force-design\/\" rel=\"noopener\">criticism from prominent retired Marine general officers<\/a>All inclusive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/marine-corps-force-design-infantry\/\" rel=\"noopener\">retired Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper,<\/a> who completely upended the U.S. military\u2019s assumptions about its adversaries in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/millenium-challenge-2002-stacked-deck\/\" rel=\"noopener\">2002 Millennium Challenge wargame<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Van Riper stated to Task &#038; Purpose Friday that the idea of Marine Littoral Regiments using NMESIS as a weapon against Chinese ships was a possibility. \u201cdumber than dirt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is Wake Island all over again,\u201d Van Riper spoke of the World War II battle that saw Marines being overwhelmed by a Japanese invasion.<\/p>\n<p>First, the Marine Littoral Regiments should be transported to these islands using light amphibious warships. These ships are still in design phase. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2022\/05\/10\/the-light-amphibious-warship-is-delayed-but-the-marine-corps-has-a-temporary-solution\/\" rel=\"noopener\">already cost more than expected<\/a>Van Riper confirmed that. The ships would only be capable of moving at around 15 knots compared to Navy destroyers that can move at 30 knots. Additionally, they would be armed with a 25mm and 30mm cannon as well as.50 caliber machine gun for self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Marines could deploy littoral regiments to shore, Chinese ships can still sail more than 115 m from those islands. That would put them out reach of NMESIS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are very few chokepoints in that expanse of water that aren\u2019t vastly greater than that,\u201d Van Riper stated.<\/p>\n<p>It is still to be determined if Marine Littoral Regiments with NMESIS could make a difference against China in a war or if their capabilities would soon be lost.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-latest-on-task-purpose\"><em>Get the latest news on Task &#038; Purpose<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Do you want to write for Task &#038; Purpose<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/task-purpose-writing-pitching\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> <\/strong><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction Systems (NMESIS) will equip the Marine Littoral Regiments the United States will establish in Okinawa or Guam over the next few years. This will enable the Marines to destroy any enemy ships. NMESIS is being tested at the moment, but it will be delivered to you on time. 3rd &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1809622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,4501,4405,11217,3819,15464,7238,7788],"class_list":["post-1809619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-china","tag-counter","tag-marines","tag-report","tag-ship-killing","tag-u-s","tag-weapons"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1809619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1809622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1809619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1809619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}