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21 Jun 2015 1:44 p.m. PST
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Tango01  | 21 Jun 2015 12:57 p.m. PST |
… live-fire of Javelin missile against tank targets. "The U.S. Army and the Javelin Joint Venture, comprising Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), recently conducted successful live-fire Javelin missile engagements against tank targets from different launcher and platform configurations as part of a demonstration to current foreign military sales users. Each of the three Javelin missiles used during the tests at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, was fired from a different launcher or platform – from a Command Launch Unit (CLU); from a vehicle using a Remote Weapon Station (RWS); and from the U.S. Army's recently deployed Containerized Weapon System (CWS), also using a RWS. The CLU-launched missile hit a target at 4,000 meters, while the vehicle-launched and CWS-launched missiles hit targets positioned at 1,100 meters and 700 meters, respectively…"
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 Murphy  | 21 Jun 2015 1:47 p.m. PST |
The launcher looks like one of the old "Dragon" atgm systems… |
 Legion 4 | 21 Jun 2015 5:32 p.m. PST |
That is what it reminds me of too … But it is magnitudes better than the "Dragon" … I've been told. |
| dsfrank | 21 Jun 2015 10:15 p.m. PST |
this really isn't news – the Javelin has been in service since the late 90s – what is the news is that we are looking to sell them to other countries |
| Mako11 | 21 Jun 2015 11:39 p.m. PST |
Yea, I was going to say, "haven't these been around for a very long time?". I certainly would hope they'd been tested. |
| Legion 4 | 22 Jun 2015 6:09 a.m. PST |
this really isn't news – the Javelin has been in service since the late 90s – what is the news is that we are looking to sell them to other countries
Yes, true … but I was so pleased to see a much superior weapon was issued as oppossed to the Dragon. That my troops had to lug around when I was a PL and later a Co Cdr, '79-'90. I went to the Dragon Training course while in the 101 as a PL. So I was well trained in the weapon system. And even then, I had my doubts of it's effectiveness … But that may be just my opinion. |
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