US Army Ready to Field Israeli Anti-Missile Systems
The US Army’s Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told Congress that the service is "working with a friendly country right now to go ahead and acquire active protective systems," most likely referring to the Rafael-made Trophy APS
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| 14/06/2017
U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams tanks operating in Iraq. Soon to be equipped with Israeli-made active protective systems? (Photo: US DoD)
The US Army’s Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley hinted to Congress last week that the service has decided to equip its armored vehicles with Israeli-made anti-missile technology.
Gen. Milley described active protection systems as a "critical need" for the Army.
"We are investing in that right now," he said. "There are only two countries whose industries produce complete systems … one of them is friendly; one of them is not so friendly," he added, referring to Israel and Russia.
"We are working with the friendly country right now to go ahead and acquire active protective systems, which we have," Milley said. "We are testing to make sure they fit onto our armored vehicles because they have to be modified for each of the type vehicles."
Under the accelerated APS effort, Army testers are well into an evaluation of a Trophy APS-equipped M1 tank. The Trophy system, designed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, is the only APS in testing that has seen combat and actually defeated advanced anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) threats.
The Army is also evaluating the Israeli-made Iron Fist APS (product of IMI Systems) and the US-made Iron Curtain.
"We intend to field those to first responding units, and we will eventually field them throughout the force for the entire total Army – Guard, Reserve and active," Gen. Milley said.
[Source: Defense Tech]
The US Army’s Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told Congress that the service is "working with a friendly country right now to go ahead and acquire active protective systems," most likely referring to the Rafael-made Trophy APS
U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams tanks operating in Iraq. Soon to be equipped with Israeli-made active protective systems? (Photo: US DoD)
The US Army’s Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley hinted to Congress last week that the service has decided to equip its armored vehicles with Israeli-made anti-missile technology.
Gen. Milley described active protection systems as a "critical need" for the Army.
"We are investing in that right now," he said. "There are only two countries whose industries produce complete systems … one of them is friendly; one of them is not so friendly," he added, referring to Israel and Russia.
"We are working with the friendly country right now to go ahead and acquire active protective systems, which we have," Milley said. "We are testing to make sure they fit onto our armored vehicles because they have to be modified for each of the type vehicles."
Under the accelerated APS effort, Army testers are well into an evaluation of a Trophy APS-equipped M1 tank. The Trophy system, designed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, is the only APS in testing that has seen combat and actually defeated advanced anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) threats.
The Army is also evaluating the Israeli-made Iron Fist APS (product of IMI Systems) and the US-made Iron Curtain.
"We intend to field those to first responding units, and we will eventually field them throughout the force for the entire total Army – Guard, Reserve and active," Gen. Milley said.
[Source: Defense Tech]
