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Home» Event News» Sea Air Space 2022»USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Conducts USMC NMESIS Transportability Training
USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Conducts USMC NMESIS Transportability Training
SAN DIEGO (March 22, 2022) – A Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) sits in the hangar bay aboard amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), March 22. Tripoli is the first L-class ship to embark the NMESIS as part of a demonstration of the system’s transportability aboard an amphibious ship. [Author: Notice that the black rods and gray disc fire control antennas behind the hood are folded in the stowed position and note the black exhaust pipe behind the front wheel]. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Malcolm Kelley)

USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Conducts USMC NMESIS Transportability Training

The United States Marine Corps has recently conducted a training exercise with the USS Tripoli (LHA 7) on March 22, 2022 to test the interoperability and transportability of the new Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS).

Peter Ong 04 Apr 2022

The NMESIS was tested to see if it will fit in the confines of the hangar, drive up the vehicle ramp leading to the Flight Deck, and fit and drive through the vehicle doors of the amphibious ship. The NMESIS will form a key component in U.S. Marine Corps’ Commandant General David Berger’s Force Design 2030 strategy to counter peer nation shipping in the Indian Pacific Command (INDO-PACOM) region with stealthy sea-skimming programmable and survivable Anti-Ship missiles.

The United States Marine Corps’ (USMC) Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) is an unmanned 4×4 wheeled Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) that can transport two stealthy 100+ kilometer Naval Strike Missiles (NSMs) for Anti-Ship Area Denial Missions. Being able to drive itself by remote control, the NMESIS increases U.S. Marine battlefield survivability and concealment and is also able to fire remotely.

The USMC intends to field NMESIS by FY2023 as a counter to amphibious assaults and adversary shipping in the INDO-PACOM and Asian Pacific Rim (RIMPAC) region.

The JLTV NMESIS is also able to be transported via U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) and Surface-to-Shore Connector (SSC) hovercrafts and small utility boat connectors, inside a USMC KC-130 cargo plane, and slung underneath a USMC CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter. The NMESIS JLTVs should be able to be embarked and deployed from the upcoming Light Amphibious Warships (LAW) that are intended to cruise the RIMPAC region on missions lasting around thirty days with 75 Marines and their associated vehicles embarked aboard.

SAN DIEGO (March 22, 2022) – A Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) drives up the ramp of amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), March 22.  [Author: Note that the remote-control drive cable is attached to the control box behind the front wheel.  The Naval Strike Missiles are in the two light gray boxes].  (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Malcolm Kelley).

By deploying USMC’s NMESIS and High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) on various ships and islands in the INDO-PACOM region, the USMC hopes that these Long-range Precision Fires (LRPF) rocket and missile systems will act as an effective land and ship-based deterrent against any hostile invasion force. HIMARS has been tested to be able to fire from the Flight Deck of amphibious transport ships.

One-thousand-plus-mile Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from land-based trailers is also a LRPF possibility if the funding comes through for trailer-based Tomahawk vertical launch missile development and acquisition, as are other possible missile and rocket warhead options in development.

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Naval News has also covered the logistics involved in resupplying and rearming the NMESIS system.

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Posted by : Peter Ong
Peter Ong is a Freelance Writer with United States and International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) media credentials and lives in California. Peter has a Bachelor's Degree in Technical Writing/Graphic Design and a Master's Degree in Business. He writes articles for defense, maritime and emergency vehicle publications.

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