The Navy's New AI Missile Sinks Ships the Smart Way

Published on November 25, 2023

Artificial intelligence helps the LRASM evade defenses, home on its prey.

The U.S. Navy has a serious problem. After a decade and a half of focusing on supporting land wars, its basic ability to sink other ships is seriously lacking. To reverse that trend, the sea service wants to buy the new Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM)—and it wants it ASAP. 

Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, wants the Navy to put  LRASM into service ASAP to counter surface threats in the Chinese, Russian, and North Korean navies. In comments to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Harris described LRASM as a "great capability we need to bring online fast."

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