Type 07 Vertical Launch Anti-submarine rocket
Type 07 Vertical Launch Anti-submarine rocket (07式垂直発射魚雷投射ロケット, 07-shiki-suichoku-hassha-gyorai-tōsha-roketto) is a Japanese ship-launched anti-submarine missile.[2]
| Type 07 VL-ASROC | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Anti-submarine missile |
| Place of origin |  Japan |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2007 - present |
| Used by |  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 1,284 kg |
| Length | 6.535 m |
| Diameter | 450 mm |
| Warhead | Type 97 or 12 torpedo |
| Engine | Two-stage solid-fuel rocket |
Operational range | over 30 kilometers (33,000 yd)[1] |
Guidance system | Inertial guidance |
Launch platform | Surface ship |
Description
Since FY1991, the Technical Research and Development Institute (技術研究本部, Gijutsu-kenkyū-honbu) has started developing the range-extended version of ASROC to exploit the greater direct-path range of new low-frequency sonar (OQS-XX: later OQS-2x series). After that, following the end of the Cold War, it became a complete performance improvement version including not only simple range extension but also improvement in responsiveness.[2]
The missile is fired from Mk 41 vertical launching system and the maximum speed reaches supersonic. It is controlled by inertial guidance system which uses a thrust vector control.[2] The maximum range is said to be over 30 kilometers.[1]
Operators
- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
- - Akizuki-class destroyer
- - Asahi-class destroyer
- - Maya-class destroyer
References
Books
- Technical Research and Development Institute, ed. (2012). Technical Research and Development Institute Sixty Year History. NCID BB10936527.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Kaijin-sha, ed. (January 2015). "Shipboard weapons of the World". Ships of the World. Kaijin-sha (811): 1–183. NAID 40020297435.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Articles
- Military information research group, ed. (August 2010). "Anti-submarine warfare of helicopter carrier type destroyer against high performance submarine". Military research. Japan Military Review. 45 (8): 123–146. NAID 40017178402.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)