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F-35 Operates as ‘Elevated Sensor’ to Destroy Cruise Missile
The F-35 jet has been used with IBCS before but this most recent intercept broke new ground in several key respects.
An airborne F-35 jet recently sent targeting specifics to a ground-based Patriot missile fire control system to track and destroy an approaching cruise missile threat. This small feat shows that the Pentagon has taken a step closer to realizing its multi-year vision for cross-domain combat connectivity.
A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile intercepted a surrogate cruise missile using an F-35 jet as an “elevated sensor” at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
Enduring Shield is Dynetics' solution to the U.S. Army's counter to cruise missile threats. The company hopes to win a contract to build prototypes of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability by the end of this fiscal year.
More Missiles: Is This China’s War Strategy Against America?
The Chinese DF-21D and DF-26 continue to get a lot of attention as tested operational weapons armed with various explosives and long-range precision guidance systems.
Here s What You Need to Remember: The distance from Beijing, China to Tokyo, Japan, for instance, is listed as 1,304 miles, a distance well within the attack range of the DF-26’s 2,000-mile strike range (note: some sources have this as higher). This tactical threat scenario also applies to large numbers of crucial U.S. surveillance and strike platform assets based in Guam and the Korean Peninsula.
U.S. Military Leaders Are Worried about the Proposed 2022 Budget Here’s Why
Even with an Afghan drawdown, there would be absolutely no sensible basis upon which to reduce the size of Army end strength.
Senior Army leaders may be showing some concern about the yet-to-be-announced 2022 budget request, adding that they would rather not be forced to choose between “better weapons and more soldiers” due to competing budget demands and planned expenditures. The question, cited in an article from Defense One, quotes Acting Sec. John Whitley as telling Congress “I think there is a lot of risk in the budget.” The article also suggests that there may be a consensus that, among Army decision-makers and Congressional advocates, the upcoming budget is “not going to be what anyone wants.”