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Which system are you talking about?
by patrickmcnamara 5mo ago
Which system are you talking about?
- jandrewrogers 5mo agoAPKWS. The US took the old Vietnam-era unguided rocket pods (Hydra 70), of which they produce hundreds of thousands every year, and slapped a dirt-cheap guidance kit to the front of each rocket. Supposedly 90-95% effective. A bunch of countries are developing their own clones of the concept. A single F-16 can carry 42 missiles. They've been rapidly expanding the number of platforms they can attach these to.
- greedo 5mo agoYes, APKWS is a good solution, but it really wasn't used much for C-UAS before VAMPIRE was shipped to Ukraine.