{"id":11911,"date":"2019-02-11T21:31:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T21:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/11\/why-the-corps-needs-a-system-to-shoot-down-russian-and-chinese-cruise-missiles\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:13:27","slug":"why-the-corps-needs-a-system-to-shoot-down-russian-and-chinese-cruise-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/sensors\/2019\/02\/11\/why-the-corps-needs-a-system-to-shoot-down-russian-and-chinese-cruise-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Corps needs a system to shoot down Russian and Chinese cruise missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To survive in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean in a fight with a near-peer rival, the Corps will need weapon systems to contend with aerial and cruise missile<\/a> threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a problem the Corps hasn\u2019t had to deal with after years of counterinsurgency conflicts with secured air superiority for coalition forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As more sophisticated rivals emerge on the battlefield, the Corps is rapidly trying to develop and acquire weapon systems that can take down enemy aircraft and cruise missiles, and extend ranges of rocket and artillery systems for Marines operating from distributed bases or ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Corps will not always own airspace in a fight with tech-adept military forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February, the Corps posted a request for information, or RFI, on the U.S. government website FedBizOpps, for a low-cost fire control radar system capable of tracking medium range cruise missile threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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160417-M-BE869-206\rATLANTIC OCEAN (April 17, 2016) U.S. Marines with Medium Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 264, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fires stinger simulation rounds aboard the USS Wasp (LHD-1). The 22nd MEU and Amphibious Squadron Six (PHIBRON-6) are underway for Amphibious Ready Group (ARG)\/MEU Exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan G. Coleman\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The fire-control radar supports the Corps\u2019 new Ground Based Air Defense, or GBAD \u2015 intended to beef up the capabilities of the Marines\u2019 Low Altitude Air Defense Battalions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs part of the GBAD program office we were given a statement of need to develop an medium range capability for anti-cruise missiles,\u201d said Manny Pacheco, a spokesman for the Marine Corps Program Executive Office for Land Systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\t