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USAF's Quicksink weapon tears a ship in half in seconds
The US Air Force has released video of a ship being ripped in half to demonstrate its new Quicksink weapon, which turns an inexpensive dumb bomb into a precision anti-ship missile – and which lives up to its name in spectacular fashion.
The US Air Force has released video of a ship being ripped in half to demonstrate its new Quicksink weapon, which turns an inexpensive dumb bomb into a precision anti-ship missile – and which lives up to its name in spectacular fashion. With the US and its allies facing the problem of keeping the peace in the huge Indo-Pacific region, the ideal solution would be a weapon that can be deployed quickly over long distances and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. This is not the first time Quicksink has been demonstrated, but the exercise saw it being tested against other anti-ship weapons and in collaboration with participants from Australia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, and the US Air Force, Army and Navy.
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