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U.S. Army ditching the Multiple Missile Launcher as it reboots the IFPC

Posted on March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 by alert5

The U.S. Army has decided that it needs to do a restart for the Indirect Fire Protection Capability program and will abandon the Multiple Missile Launcher and design a new one that can accomdate bigger missiles.

Photo: U.S. Army

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CAMM integrated into U.S. IBCS

Posted on March 13, 2019 by alert5

Northrop Grumman and MBDA have successfully integrated the latter’s Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) family into the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS).

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Derivatsiya-PVO self-propelled AA gun to complete testing in November

Posted on March 10, 2019March 10, 2019 by alert5

Russia’s Defense Ministry said the Derivatsiya-PVO self-propelled anti-aircraft (AA) gun will complete state trials in November.

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Russia to train around 100 Chinese soldiers to operate S-400

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 by alert5

Approximately 100 Chinese soldiers will be train to operate the S-400 air defense missile system, TASS has disclosed.

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Swedish Defence Research Agency says Russia’s A2/AD bubble can be defeated, Israelis have done it

Posted on March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 by alert5

FOI, the Swedish Defence Research Agency, has published a new paper “Bursting the Bubble? Russian A2/AD in the Baltic Sea Region: Capabilities, Countermeasures, and Implications.”

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