Type 07 Vertical Launch Anti-submarine rocket

Type 07 VL-ASROC
Type	Anti-submarine missile
Place of origin	Japan
Service history
In service	2007 - present
Used by	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Specifications
Mass	1,284 kg
Length	6.535 m
Diameter	450 mm
Warhead	Type 97 or 12 torpedo
Engine	Two-stage solid-fuel rocket
Operational range	over 30 kilometers (33,000 yd)[1]
Guidance system	Inertial guidance
Launch platform	Surface ship

Type 07 Vertical Launch Anti-submarine rocket (07式垂直発射魚雷投射ロケット, 07-shiki-suichoku-hassha-gyorai-tōsha-roketto) is a Japanese ship-launched anti-submarine missile.^[2]

Description[]

Since FY1991, the Technical Research and Development Institute (技術研究本部, Gijutsu-kenkyū-honbu) has started developing the range-extended version of ASROC to exploit the greater direct-path range of new low-frequency sonar (OQS-XX: later OQS-2x series). After that, following the end of the Cold War, it became a complete performance improvement version including not only simple range extension but also improvement in responsiveness.^[2]

The missile is fired from Mk 41 vertical launching system and the maximum speed reaches supersonic. It is controlled by inertial guidance system which uses a thrust vector control.^[2] The maximum range is said to be over 30 kilometers.^[1]

Operators[]

 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

- Akizuki-class destroyer

- Asahi-class destroyer

- Maya-class destroyer

See also[]

• List of missiles by country#Japan
• RUM-139 VL-ASROC

References[]

Books[]

• Technical Research and Development Institute, ed. (2012). Technical Research and Development Institute Sixty Year History. NCID BB10936527.
• Kaijin-sha, ed. (January 2015). "Shipboard weapons of the World". Ships of the World. Kaijin-sha (811): 1–183. NAID 40020297435.

Articles[]

• Military information research group, ed. (August 2010). "Anti-submarine warfare of helicopter carrier type destroyer against high performance submarine". Military research. Japan Military Review. 45 (8): 123–146. NAID 40017178402.