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Meanwhile, the Army is eyeing accelerated production of its Lightweight Command Launch Unit in response to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

While it’s an imperfect capability, it’s nice to have in a pinch—especially when your adversary is striking civilian areas like playgrounds.

Compared to the standard launch units, the Lightweight Command Launch Units are lighter and punch farther out.

Ultimately, Javelins may be used to slow down a Russian ground invasion rather than fully halt a Russian advance.

Combining both powerful Javelin and Stinger systems is creating a potent anti-drone defense. A recent feat shows how networking threat-detecting radar technologies can help win on the battlefield. Army ground gunners recently destroyed a drone target with a Stinger missile fired from a new Raytheon-built sensor-targeting unit. One of the impressive things is that the sensor-targeting unit was initially designed for the Javelin anti-tank weapon, not the Stinger. The Stinger missile, which has a long history of hitting enemy helicopters and airborne threats, was shot out of the Javelin’s Ligh...