According to information published by TVNet on February 13, 2023, Latvia may acquire Naval Strike Missile sooner than expected due to increased military spending.
The Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is a high-tech anti-ship and land-attack missile designed by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace. As of 2022, the NSM/JSM has been chosen by several countries, including Norway, Poland, Malaysia, Germany, the United States (as RGM-184), Japan, Romania, Canada, Australia, and Spain.
The NSM features advanced stealth capabilities thanks to its state-of-the-art design and composite materials. Weighing just over 400 kg (880 lb), it has a range of more than 185 km (115 mi; 100 nmi), and is suitable for both littoral and open sea scenarios.
Its high-strength titanium alloy blast/fragmentation warhead from TDW uses insensitive high-explosive and is initiated by a void-sensing Programmable Intelligent Multi-Purpose Fuze that optimizes its effect against hard targets.
The NSM is capable of flying over and around landmasses, traveling in sea skim mode, and making random maneuvers in the terminal phase, making it difficult to stop by enemy countermeasures. However, unlike the Penguin, the NSM uses bank-to-turn flight control. It has been confirmed that the NSM can also attack land targets.