Despite the good stealth and speed characteristics of littoral combat ships, the LCSs would have been reduced to bringing the proverbial knife to a swordfight.
How the Army s Precision Guided Missiles Will Outrange the Enemy
Medium-range land-fired missiles enable Russia to hold NATO countries in Europe at risk, given that they operate at ranges of 500 kilometers or more. But the Army might have the answer.
The Army will once again shoot off its emerging Precision Strike Missile, a new 500-kilometer weapon slated to burst onto the operational scene in coming years. It brings an unprecedented blend of attack range, high-tech precision guidance technology, transportability, and speed to modern ground war.
The upcoming launch, slated for May 12 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., will be just the latest in a series of successful firings of the PrSM missile, a weapon intended to replace and improve upon the existing Army Tactical Missile System land-fired missile.
The United States Army Contracting Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a USD20 million contract for the procurement of long-lead item materials to support the development, testing, and qualification of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) sys.
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The day of manned aircraft may soon be over
2 hours ago Indian Air Force’s Rafale fighter jet lands during the first day of the Aero India 2021 Airshow at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bangalore. File/Agence France-Presse
Binay Kumar Singh,
Indo-Asian News Service
The Air Warfare Symposium, conducted by the US Air Force Association on February 27-28, may go down in history as an event where history was foretold. It was here, on the morning of February 28, 2020, that Elon Musk, the quintessential disruptor, set the cat among the pigeons. In a room overflowing with Air Force personnel, many fighter pilots among them, Musk famously predicted the end of the manned fighter aircraft. Much consternation followed, and copious amounts of newsprint was invested in the counter-narrative that flowed, mainly from the US Air Force and its veterans. Notably, much of the criticism of Musk’s proclamation was aimed at targeting him personally as a ‘head-line grabber