"The U.S. Army Still Loves Its Long-Range Rockets" Topic
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| Tango01 | 04 Dec 2017 12:21 p.m. PST |
"The U.S. Army plans to shoot off prototypes of a new long-range land rocket designed to destroy targets as far away as 500 kilometers, nearly three times the range of existing weapons. The anticipated "shoot-off," to include weapon prototypes from both Raytheon and Lockheed, is slated to take place in roughly the 2020 timeframe, Army developers said. The emerging Long Range Precision Fires, slated to be operational by 2027, is part of an effort to engineer a long-range, ground-launched missile to pinpoint and destroy enemy bunkers, helicopter staging areas, troop concentrations and other fixed-location targets beyond the range of existing, comparable weapons, service officials said…."
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| Cacique Caribe | 04 Dec 2017 12:40 p.m. PST |
They sure do look pretty … unless you're looking at them head-on. :) Dan |
| Tango01 | 05 Dec 2017 11:59 a.m. PST |
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