"New laser-guided artillery round destroys moving target" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 10 Feb 2020 12:39 p.m. PST |
…While unprecedented at the time, the existing or legacy precision-guided Excalibur round can only pinpoint fixed targets; now, Excalibur maker Raytheon has successfully demonstrated the ability for precision-guided Excalibur S rounds to track and destroy "moving" targets – using laser attack technology. The "S" round is engineered with what is called an enhanced shaped trajectory which, developers explain, enables it to make otherwise impossible adjustments in flight… link |
14Bore  | 10 Feb 2020 1:53 p.m. PST |
Kinda makes artillery the new queen of the battlefield |
| MajorB | 10 Feb 2020 1:55 p.m. PST |
Aircraft have been hitting moving targets for decades … |
| USAFpilot | 10 Feb 2020 4:49 p.m. PST |
"… makes artillery the new queen of the battlefield" Wasn't artillery already "king"? |
| StarCruiser | 11 Feb 2020 8:37 a.m. PST |
^ Correct! Has been for centuries… |
| 14th NJ Vol | 12 Feb 2020 8:43 a.m. PST |
Changes arty rules doesn't it? Roll 2d6, hit on 3-12. Soft target destroyed, heavy armor target roll for damage. Changes the game, no more simple suppression results. |
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