Check out the video of this system. Unmanned, not sure what that stinger missile is, but the javelin is also a shoulder fired, fire and forget missile.
I just wonder who this weapon system was supposed to fight? The airburst rockets, the gatling gun, and the guided missiles are all for fights out in the open against targets worth spending $75000 (the cost of a Javelin missile) to destroy. I've long been a fan of wheeled armored vehicles, however.
Here's my idea of future warefare - high tech that makes kick ass weapons that are dirt cheap. http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_SPIKE,,00.html http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gene...?channel=aerospacedaily&id=news/navy05063.xml
We need to think about low intensity urban warfare for the present and future of our armed forces. Better weapons, body armor and communications at the squad level are the most important imo.
Agreed. Small squad interdiction units, with serious firepower and strong armor that can move fast. I would like to see some sort of battle suit come into play that works like an exoskeleton. Of course power sources and light weight, yet durable armor are 2 major obstacles to that happening.
The problem is that such things are 1) not sexy and 2) kinda cheap. For example, one useful system would be something that can take out a third-world cinder block house without taking out the next three houses. Something like a 105mm cannon on a LAV or Stryker (both of which have been prototyped) with the right kind of shell. But if you have one of those, then you need one less big, loud, expensive M-1. How would the military industrial complex or procurement or Congress ever be in favor of that trade?
This new weapon is, so I've heard, in use. Very useful in many areas. http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-06/smart-bullets
Didn't want to start a new thread for this, US Navy successfully tests a cat launch of the X-47B http://defensetech.org/2012/11/30/n-ucas-takes-first-cat-shot/
