Doc Summary
Land Precision Strike is a requirement from the British Army for a ground-launched precision-guided weapon that can be used at long range, 80 km plus.
Land Precision Strike History #
In response to a written Parliamentary Question on HIMARS, the Minister of State for Defence (Alec Shelbrooke) answered;
Due to the decision to recapitalise the M270 fleet and increase their numbers in line with Integrated Review 2021 outcomes, there are no plans to procure High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS). The recapitalised M270 MLRS platform will fire: Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS); Extended Range GMLRS (ERG); the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM); and the Land Precision Strike (LPS) missile.
The late 2022 DSTL magazine, The Science Inside, also described their work on the Deep Fires Rocket System.
Deep Fires Rocket Systems: A single platform with multiple effectors, capable of independent precision targeting of threats out to 150km. Dstl is working with industry to develop a missile to engage high value, time sensitive moving targets (Land Precision Strike) and a dispensing rocket payload that provides target acquisition, kinetic and non-kinetic effect against multiple dispersed targets (long range area effect).
Further details on the Land Precision Strike missile were provided in a separate document sent to the Defence Select Committee;
The Land Precision Strike (LPS) Project is developing momentum fast; it will be fired from the upgraded MLRS to leverage investment in that platform, achieve efficiencies, and deliver the vision of ‘One Launcher, Many Payloads’. This will be a transformational capability from 2028 to counter mobile, fleeting, armoured, and high value threats out to at least 80km.
Key points to take from this (limited) information are
- Ability to be fired from the M270 tracked MLRS vehicle
- Suitable for mobile, fleeting, armoured, and high-value targets
- Minimum 80km range
- Target in-service date of 2028
Providing the backdrop to the Land Precision Strike missile is upgrade work on the existing systems.
The In-Service Guided/Multiple Launch Rocket System (G/MLRS) upgrade programmes will consist of…
- Upgrades to 44 M270B1 launch vehicles, including a new armoured cab, composite rubber tracks, and upgraded automotive and launch mechanism components,
- A new Fire Control System will be developed collaboratively with the US, UK, Italy, and Finland,
- An ability to fire the Guided MLRS Extended Range (GMLRS-ER), providing a 150 km capability,
- An ability to fire the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), providing a 499 km capability.
MBDA completed some initial marketing on Land Precision Strike in 2023
Although details were fairly sparse, MBDA described Land Precision Strike as;
MBDA showed three different concept illustrations.
It was subsequently reported that the emerging designs were a single missile of 178 mm in diameter, the same as Brimstone.
In addition to a 6 missile Launch Pod Container (LPC) that would be compatible with the M270 launch vehicle (or HIMARS), MBDA also showed their Land Precision Strike missile in a 2×2 missile configuration that could be carried in multiples on either a MAN truck or Boxer.
The programme continued through to 2025, although there were few details released apart from the occasional model at trade shows.
A Parliamentary Written Answer provided an update
The Ministry of Defence is assessing potential opportunities for a Land Deep Fires munition capable of destroying targets out to extended ranges. A decision on Land Precision Strike progress is pending publication of the Defence Investment Plan.
2 December 2025
As of January 2026, LPS appeared to be awaiting the Defence Investment Plan for any indication of further progress.
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