Here are the super-advanced missiles the US Navy wants to keep Russia and China in check

The Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) missile has been around since the 70s, and has seen use in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, but a new anti-ship version of the missile with a 1,000 nautical mile range could be deployed onboard Navy ships of all types within a decade. In February of 2015, the USS Kidd fired a Block IV anti-ship Tomahawk variant that successfully hit a moving target at sea from long range, immediately drawing praise from top naval brass. “This is potentially a game changing capability for not a lot of cost. It’s a 1000 mile anti-ship cruise missile, said Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work after the successful testing. “It can be used by practically by our entire surface and submarine fleet, Work added. Length: 20 feet long Weight: 3,000 pounds Range: 1,000 nautical miles Speed: subsonic Navy plans to acquire: 4,000 Tomahawks over five years for $2 billion SourceYoutube Embed:http://www.youtube.com/embed/Jgv5ixxgTsQWidth: 840pxHeight: 473px “[Along with] our surface brothers and sisters, we got to get the long-range missile so we’re not held out by that A2/AD (anti-access/area denial) bubble and we have the stick to hit inside,” said Vice Adm. Joseph Tofalo, commander, Naval Submarine Forces said.The SM-6 interceptor may be the first missile capable of intercepting both ballistic missiles, which fall from the sky, and cruise missiles, which fly along the surface of earth, sometimes even snaking through mountains. In the past, these two distinct types of missiles, ballistic and cruise, have required different missiles to stop them, but the SM-6's advanced signal processing and guidance control capabilities make it a useful defense against both types. Length: 21 feet long Weight: 3,300 pounds Range: unspecified Speed: supersonic Role in 2017 budget plan: $501 million to acquire 125 SM-6s SourceYoutube Embed:http://www.youtube.com/embed/YLZEzQnBhCoWidth: 840pxHeight: 473px “It’s the only missile now out there that has what we call dual-mission capability,” Raytheon program manager Mike Campisi told BreakingDefense.com. “That allows the combatant commanders to have choice. Instead of having separate boutique missiles for each mission… they can put SM-6s,” Campisi continued.The LRASM is a precision-guided anti-ship standoff missile with a penetrator and blast fragmentation warhead. The Navy wants the LRASM to replace the harpoon, which has been in service since 1977, and is easily foiled by today's modern defenses. The LRASM on the other hand, is stealthy due to it's angular shape, making it hard for enemies to detect. Also, in the case of electronic interference, the LRASM has advanced anti-jamming GPS guidance. Additionally, the LRASM can be fired from ships and planes, like the F/A-18 pictured above. Length: 14 feet Weight: 2,100 pounds Range: more than 200 miles Speed: high subsonic Navy plans to acquire: $30 million for the first 10 missiles SourceYoutube Embed:http://www.youtube.com/embed/LvHlW1h_0XQWidth: 840pxHeight: 473px

Here are the super-advanced missiles the US Navy wants to keep Russia and China in check

The Block IV anti-ship Tomahawk missile.

Watch the successful test of the newly improved Tomahawk missile. Keep in mind that to keep the cost of testing down, the missile was not meant to sink the ship.

The SM-6 Dual I

Watch the SM-6 intercept both a ballistic and a cruise missile.

AGM-158C LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile)

For an in depth rendering of how the LRASM works, watch the video from Lockheed Martin below.