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ASROC redirects to this page. For the vertical-launch variant see RUM-139 VL-ASROC.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.
