201410：UGM-84L 潛射魚叉試射成功

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這應該是2008年購買，於2014年元月到手的32+2枚 UGM-84L。

Today the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Taiwan of 32 UGM-84L Sub-Launched HARPOON Block II missiles and 2 UTM-84L HARPOON Block II Exercise missiles, as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $200 million.

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States has requested a possible sale of 32 UGM-84L Sub-Launched HARPOON Block II missiles, 2 UTM-84L HARPOON Block II Exercise missiles, 2 Advanced HARPOON Weapons Control System (Version 2), 36 HARPOON containers, 2 UTM-84XD Encapsulated HARPOON Certification and Training Vehicles, test equipment and services, spares and repair parts for support equipment, training, publications and technical documents, U.S. Government and contractor technical assistance, and other related elements of logistics and program support.  The estimated cost is $200 million.

Read more:  http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/navy-maritime/taiwan-get-ugm-84-harpoon-block-ii-8277/#ixzz3Gfjrqtet。

海龍潛射魚叉試射　命中目標○蘋果 (2014.10.18) http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/politics/20141018/490229/%E6%B5%B7%E9%BE%8D%E6%BD%9B%E5%B0%84%E9%AD%9A%E5%8F%89%E8%A9%A6%E5%B0%84%E3%80%80%E2%80%8B%E5%91%BD%E4%B8%AD%E7%9B%AE%E6%A8%99

軍方透露，耗資58.7億台幣、潛艦加裝潛射魚叉飛彈的「飛鏢計畫」，向美國採購36枚潛射魚叉攻船飛彈，本周海龍級潛艦首度在九鵬實彈射擊，兩枚命中標靶。據了解，另一艘海虎軍艦也將在年底前進行改裝及試射。

美國國防部2008年10月向美國國會提報，出售36枚潛射魚叉飛彈，其中包括4枚練習彈，以及相關艦載操控系統與零組件。據了解，魚叉飛彈最大射程約為120公里，配備後將大幅增加台灣潛艦攻擊目標範圍；相較之下，目前台灣潛艦配備的魚雷射程只有15海浬。

備役海軍潛艦上校王志鵬受訪表示，就這次海龍試射魚叉飛彈成功，已經建立海軍潛艦新的里程碑。潛射魚叉飛彈在美國已經除役，對潛艦來說，魚雷一枚就可以擊沉萬噸船艦；潛艦使用飛彈不但需要從其他單位定位目標，一旦發射，一枚飛彈不見得可以把目標擊沉，反而暴露潛艦的位置，讓敵方飛機可以立即飛到我方潛艦上空，海軍當初向美國購買武器時，應該優先購買Mk 48型魚雷，而非美方已經汰除的魚叉飛彈。（陳培煌／台北報導）

潛射魚叉九鵬海域首試射 兩枚命中標靶○聯合 (2014.10.18) http://udn.com/NEWS/BREAKINGNEWS/BREAKINGNEWS1/9007653.shtml

軍方消息管道證稱，代號「飛鏢計畫」的海龍級潛艦加裝潛射魚叉攻艦飛彈，本週在九鵬海域進行本土首次實彈射擊，兩枚魚叉飛彈都擊中水面上的標靶，宣告完成戰備，我國潛艦部隊首度進入具備遠距打擊水面艦艇戰力的時代，第二艘海虎潛艦也將在近期內進塢進行潛射魚叉攻艦飛彈的改裝工作。

此外，雄風3型超音速反艦飛彈也在本週同一項實彈操演進行實彈試射，同樣命中標靶。

國防部發言人羅紹和上午表示，海軍已順利完成相關訓練科目，但詳情他一貫立場不作評論。

Taiwan's Sub-launched Harpoons Pose New Challenge to China's Invasion Plans○Defense News (2014.01.06) http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140106/DEFREG03/301060013/Taiwan-s-Sub-launched-Harpoons-Pose-New-Challenge-China-s-Invasion-Plans

TAIPEI — Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has acknowledged the Navy took delivery last year of long-awaited submarine-launched Harpoon Block II anti-ship cruise missiles, a new complication to any Chinese invasion plans.

The delivery included 32 UGM-84L encapsulated all-up rounds, two UTM-84L exercise missiles and two UTM-84XD certification and training rounds, said Fu Mei, director of the Taiwan Security Analysis Center.

These will be divided between Taiwan’s two Dutch-built diesel-electric attack subs, the 793 Hai Lung (Sea Dragon) and the 794 Hai Hu (Sea Tiger), acquired from the Netherlands in the 1980s. Taiwan also has two World War II-vintage Guppy-class subs used only for training, but sources said neither has been at sea for years.

Though Taiwan has a wide array of anti-ship cruise missiles, including land-based and ship-launched Hsiung Feng 2/3 missiles, and ship-launched and air-launched Harpoons, the submarine-launched Harpoons will give it a greater opportunity to stealthily strike Chinese targets, including land-based coastal targets.

The “L” designation on the UGM-84L indicates it has a littoral suppression capability that allows limited coastal target attack, such as upon ships inside a harbor, harbor infrastructure, power grids, invasion staging grounds, and command-and-control centers, a Taiwan defense industry source said.

“In this sense, the introduction of the sub Harpoon could be seen as providing Taiwan with a small measure of asymmetric counterforce capability,” Fu Mei said.

The Harpoons incorporate the inertial measurement unit of the joint direct attack munition, as well as the software, mission computer and GPS/inertial navigation system from the standoff land attack missile-expanded response, the Taiwan defense industry source said.

The Harpoons will allow Taiwanese submarines to strike targets farther north and south along China’s coastline. This would include Shanghai, Zhoushan, Xiazhen and Sandu in the north, and Shantou, Zhanjiang and the new nuclear submarine based at Yulin Naval Base on Hainan Island to the south.

“The sub-Harpoon capability will certainly be meaningful in a cross-strait conflict, particularly one involving an amphibious invasion scenario,” Fu Mei said.

The missile’s nominal maximum range of 150 nautical miles would substantially expand potential targets for Taiwan’s submarines, which are limited to about 30,000 yards, or about 15 nautical miles, by their SUT torpedoes.

“That is a roughly 100-fold increase in the area that could be covered by each submarine so armed,” Fu Mei said.

The threat posed by such capabilities would further complicate the fleet air defense problems faced by the People’s Liberation Army Navy, (PLAN) which already has to deal with Taiwan’s arsenal of domestic and imported anti-ship missiles.

“The ability to detect, quickly track, designate and assign weapons to engage pop-up targets like submarine-launched [anti-ship cruise missiles] will now be an even more essential requirement for PLAN’s shipboard integrated air defense and combat direction systems,” Fu Mei said.

The main integration challenge Taiwan’s Navy has faced is developing a long-range targeting capability to fully exploit the missile’s range.

Over the past decade, Taiwan has been working to integrate a data link terminal on its two Dutch submarines so they can receive targeting data from offboard sensors and shore-based command-and-control facilities while underway. The terminal would use a mast-mounted antenna that could be raised with the sub running at periscope depth. This is believed to be tested and operational, sources said.

The data link feeds into the advanced harpoon weapons control system (AHWCS), though the latter is apparently not integrated with the combat direction system of the Dutch submarines, Fu Mei said. The AHWCS can direct complex Harpoon missile attacks, including way-pointing and simultaneous arrivals of multiple missiles from different axes.

The normal load of torpedoes on each sub will be sacrificed for more missiles, but sources said the tradeoff will force China to rethink its invasion plans.