"New Weapon: Pike" Topic
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Editor in Chief Bill | 27 Jun 2016 9:57 p.m. PST |
Raytheon is taking the sort of powerful, and amazingly accurate, weapons that are typically seen on vehicles and aircraft and putting them literally into the hands of dismounted military teams. Precision guidance, an advantage associated with advanced, large bombs and missiles, increases lethality while reducing collateral damage.Dubbed Pike, it's the world's only hand-launched precision-guided munition, as Raytheon describes it. It will give ground troops precision firepower at more than six times the range of some RPGs— rocket propelled grenades— and with far greater precision. link |
Gunfreak | 28 Jun 2016 6:05 a.m. PST |
How do you think Alexander the great did so well? PIKES!! |
Roderick Robertson | 28 Jun 2016 9:07 a.m. PST |
And the Swiss. The Pentagon is a latecomer to this party. |
Mako11 | 28 Jun 2016 9:42 a.m. PST |
Sounds like a nice little toy. I hope it works as well as advertised, and is reasonably priced. |
cwlinsj | 28 Jun 2016 10:55 a.m. PST |
I think price will determine whether it will be deployed. |
javelin98 | 28 Jun 2016 1:12 p.m. PST |
Suddenly, I am reminded of The Emperor's Pointy Sticks. |
Timbo W | 28 Jun 2016 4:59 p.m. PST |
Don't tell him your name…. |
Lion in the Stars | 30 Jun 2016 2:13 a.m. PST |
As long as the unit price is under about $1,000 USD, I can see lots of these getting used. An M72 LAW or AT4 rocket is about $1,000 USD, so that's a reasonable price to aim for. |
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