{"id":18235,"date":"2018-04-18T19:50:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T19:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/18\/marines-boost-lethality-of-hornets-with-high-precision-kill-munitions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:27:38","slug":"marines-boost-lethality-of-hornets-with-high-precision-kill-munitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/04\/18\/marines-boost-lethality-of-hornets-with-high-precision-kill-munitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Marines boost lethality of Hornets with high precision kill munitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marines have recently conducted operational flights on F\/A-18 Hornets for the first time with a new weapon system that turns relatively cheap, small rockets into precision kill munitions, according to officials with U.S. Naval Air Systems Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/03\/21\/marines-consider-forward-firing-rockets-for-the-mv-22-osprey-fleet\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System<\/a>, or APKWS, the system modifies 2.75 inch rockets into precision-guided munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The APKWS is expected to boost lethality of the Corps\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/01\/25\/commandant-says-the-marine-corps-has-too-many-airplanes\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">F\/A-18<\/a> Hornets by increasing the number of munitions armed on the aircraft and allowing the Hornet to maintain \u201cforward-firing, moving-target capability,\u201d according to a command release published Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is an incredible weapons system that our most experienced pilots down to the newest pilots can effectively employ,\u201d said Lt. 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The event was part of a rapid integration effort to field the APKWS for operational deployment in Operation Inherent Resolve, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"648\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/APKWS.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/APKWS.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/APKWS.jpg.jpg?resize=300,162 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/APKWS.jpg.jpg?resize=768,415 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/APKWS.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,553 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 load a 2.75-inch rocket configured with Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II, a hydra 70 rocket motor and M282 High Explosive Incendiary Multipurpose Penetrator Warhead into an LAU-68F\/A rocket launcher during ordnance building and preparation in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-18 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 28. (Lance Cpl. Ashley McLaughlin\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The APKWS already is fielded on several Navy and Marine air assets like the AV-8B Harrier as well as the UH-1Y, AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter and MH-60S\/R. The Navy and Marine Corps already have fired thousands of these rockets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy and Marine Corps are sinking a considerable chunk of change into the APKWS system in the coming year. Nearly $91 million has slated for the APKWS guidance kits, according to Navy and Marine Corps fiscal year 2019 budget documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new weapon system for the Hornet does come at a peculiar time, as the Corps is amid plans to shelve the legacy Hornets for the F-35B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late January, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert B. 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