Abandoned Multi-Mission Launcher, AIM-9X Sidewinder pairing revived for US Army air defence competition
Abandoned Multi-Mission Launcher, AIM-9X Sidewinder pairing revived for US Army air defence competition 25 May 2021 by Ashley Roque US Army officials are preparing to evaluate at least two mobile, ground-based weapon systems to defeat aerial threats, but the service has found faults with both in the past – a ground-launched AIM-9X Sidewinder interceptor that struggles with thermal issues and the Israel-designed Iron Dome that may not integrate into the wider air defence architecture. On 21 May Program Executive Officer for Missiles and Space Major General Robert Rasch and the Air and Missil...
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