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M-SHORAD being deployed to Europe

Posted on April 25, 2021April 24, 2021 by alert5

The Mobile Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) system is to be deployed to Europe by the U.S. Army.

The 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (5-4 ADA), 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, is the first unit in the Army to receive the Mobile Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) system. The M-SHORAD integrates existing guns, missiles, rockets and sensors onto a Stryker A1 vehicle. The system is designed to defend maneuvering forces against unmanned aircraft systems, rotary-wing and residual fixed-wing threats.

Photo by Capt. Jordan Allen
10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command
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UH-72 crashes

Posted on April 21, 2021 by alert5

A UH-72 Lakota helicopter from Fort Ruker has crashed near Brown Stagefield on Apr. 20.

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U.K. to buy 14 Chinooks

Posted on April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 by alert5

The British government has decided to proceed with the purchase of 14 H-47 (ER) Chinook helicopters, Bloomberg reports.

Photo: Ian Forshaw/MOD, OGL v1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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17th Cavalry Regiment, 3CAB transitions to AH-64E

Posted on April 17, 2021April 17, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Arm’s 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade has started its transition to the AH-64E attack helicopter.

An Apache Pilots assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, conducts familiarization training on the AH-64E Apache helicopter in a flight simulator at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, April 1. The brigade fielded the AH-64E which replaced the older AH-64D. The AH-64E Apache helicopter is designed to increase power margins and reliability which increases unit readiness and lethality. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Andrew McNeil, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division)

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Taiwan’s PAC-3 unit can deployed in 25 minutes

Posted on April 9, 2021 by alert5

Taiwan recently held a combat readiness exercise and the Ministry of National Defense’s Military News Agency has produce a video of the exercise. In the video, an officer in charge of a PAC-3 battery describe how his unit can be deployed for combat in 25 minutes and the battery is operational in 70 minutes.

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