Having standoff munitions capabilities is also key, Baker posited, pointing to the Army’s developing launched effects effort, a broad term that the U.S. military currently uses to refer to uncrewed aerial systems configured for different missions, like reconnaissance or acting as loitering munitions, which can be fired from other aerial platforms, as well as ones on the ground or at sea. For the Army, one example of a longer-range weapon being fielded for Army helicopters is the Israeli-designed Spike-NLOS. It gives Apaches the ability to hit moving targets far away with exacting precision. Far longer-ranged launched effects will also become available, including those that can decoy, jam, and attack targets many dozens, or even hundreds of miles away.
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“I would offer, from equipment perspective and a sustainment perspective, you can look at the equipment decisions that we’re making on MV-75 and tie them directly to these lessons learned, how we integrate launched effects, how we integrate networks, how we integrate the survivability on the platform, the survivability off board the platform, and just the aircraft survivability itself. I think we’re absolutely integrating those into our design efforts today, as we’re headed toward the critical design review that’s coming up in the spring.”
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Lesson #1: The Russian army is made up of two kinds of people. Those who hadn’t held a gun before they were dropped on the front line, and the more elite Spetsnaz who were recruited from the finest mall cops and Russian mafia that money could bribe. Combined with copious amounts of vodka and methamphetamine, they form a fighting force that could only be stopped by the most top of the line off-the-shelf Chinese consumer photography drones with grenades zip-tied to their bottoms. Truly, one of the most armies ever.