The RUR-5 ASROC (for "Anti-Submarine Rocket") is an all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system. Developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it was deployed in the 1960s, updated in the 1990s, and eventually installed on over 200 USN surface ships, specifically cruisers , destroyers , and frigates .

The RUM-139 Vertical-Launch Anti-Submarine Rocket (VL-ASROC or VLA) is an anti-submarine missile in the ASROC family, currently built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy. [1]

The ASROC missile was a solid-fuel, rocket-propelled, ballistic missile, which could be assembled with a payload of either an antisubmarine acoustic-homing torpedo or a nuclear depth charge. Each missile was about 15 feet long had four component sections: the payload, rocket motor, airframe, and ignition and separation assembly.

The Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC) was designed as a standoff ASW for surface ships. Many NATO and other Allied Nations also used this weapon during the 1960s through the 1980s. It carried either a Mark 46 torpedo or a nuclear depth bomb.

Aug 31, 2021 · The Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC) (VLA) is a surface-ship launched anti-submarine missile designed to deliver the MK 46 Mod 5A (SW) or the MK 54 Mod Lightweight Torpedo...

Jun 12, 2017 · The RUR-5 Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC) is a ballistic missile designed to deliver the Mk 46 Mod 5 torpedo to a water entry point. Navy surface ships employed...

ASROC (for Anti-Submarine Rocket) is an all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system. After a surface ship, patrol plane or anti-submarine helicopter detects an enemy submarine by using sonar and/or other sensors, it could relay the sub's position to an ASROC-equipped ship for attack.

The Asroc anti-submarine missile consists of a combat unit and a solid-propellant rocket motor tandem behind it, connected by an adapter (intermediate compartment), in which there are time relays (controlling the shutdown and separation of the engine compartment) and a …

ASROC is a three stage, solid fuel rocket comprised of a rocket motor (MK 12), airframe assembly and a torpedo or depth bomb payload. Length was fifteen feet, missile diameter twelve inches, overall diameter with stabilizing fins thirty inches and weight approximately one thousand pounds.

Feb 16, 2019 · Modern US Navy combatants carry the RUM-139 ASROC which is vertically launched from the ubiquitous Mk41 VLS. The ASROC designation is no longer used and they are known as the Vertically Launched Anti Submarine Missile (VLA).