Saturday, January 24, 2026

US Army's DeepFires Autonomous Launcher. The Marine Corps should've waited on the Army to develop CREDIBLE deep strike


Most people (including me) ignored the fact that basing an anti-ship missile on the JLTV would size constrain it to such an extent that it would make any missile whether deployed to the naval or ground fight short ranged.

We already have the HIMARS in service which is based on the FMTV so using that platform for deep strike missions should have been a no brainer.

Don't get me wrong.  The improvements to the HIMARS missiles will make it, I hope very credible in the mission set, but the Army is moving toward more capable missiles to assist in both arenas of concern (anti-ship/ground).

Not to turn this into another anti Force Design 2030 rant, but the next issue that is gonna be huge is that the attached air defense is woefully inadequate too.

FD2030 is wrecked beyond belief but they just won't let it go.  I wonder why?

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