The Navy plans to outfit all of its Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships with the Naval Strike Missile by fiscal year 2026, and all Freedom-variant ships by FY-32, a Navy spokesperson told Inside Defense. Previously known as the over-the-horizon missile, the NSM is an anti-surface cruise missile with a range of up to 300 nautical miles, intended to provide enhanced strike capability for the LCS fleet and future Constellation-class frigates. Although the first LCS armed with NSM -- the trimaran-hulled...
