Posted on 10/04/2017 7:09:32 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
One of the huge problems in fighting asymmetric wars such as America has been doing now for decades is that the advantage a major power has in expensive, sophisticated weaponry can be negated in seconds with an inexpensive, primitive weapon, with the rocket-propelled grenade being the classic example. RPGs have taken out everything from helicopters to heavy tanks. Now, according to Global Security.org, the Army is doing something about it by doing a test refitting its main battle tank, the M1A2 Abrams, with a new advanced Israeli defensive system.
The US military will be installing the Israeli-built Trophy Active Protection System (APS) meant to intercept and destroy incoming missiles or rockets on their M1A2 Abrams tanks. This will make the US military the only other besides the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to use the defensive system.
The Trophy system consists of a quartet of radar antennae and fire-control radars that detects incoming projectiles, such as anti-tank guided missiles and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), and then destroys them with a blast like that from a shotgun.
It is a "hard kill" system, meaning it protects the vehicle by destroying the projectile; this is opposed to a "soft kill" system that interferes with the missile's guidance and redirects it. Soft kill devices are useless against the simple RPGs popular with militant groups such as Daesh.
Jointly developed by two Israeli-owned state corporations, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the Trophy is the only combat-proven APS in the world.
The Pentagon made this decision after an "urgent material" request, they said in a press release on Thursday.
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The USA gives almost as much money to Egypt. So how much advanced Egyptian weaponry has been shared with the USA? (Yeah, I know, Arabs don’t develop advanced weaponry, let alone anything else of any worth.) Israel is a tiny country with few people but really smart industrious people.
Its amazing how Israel is blessed by God with excellent engineers to be creating stuff like these esp since the USA defense budget of $600 Bilion/yr is about 50x theirs.
I recently read a story about a new Israeli tank. It has three screens at the front of the inside of the turret that are hooked to exterior cameras.
I would like to see our tankers have helmets like the Air Force pilots have that provide them with a 360 degree view.
When the crewman looks to the rear, he is hooked up to a camera on the rear of the tank.
You can then hook up computers that scan for targets and notify the crew.
In the Yom Kippur War, the Israelis lost a lot of good Officers because they were taught to fight standing up out of the Commander’s hatch. They felt it was worth the risk for their Officers to see what was going on outside the tank.
A system like the Air Force helmets would greatly increase the lethality and survivability of American tank crews.
Israel is now reputedly 2nd to Silicon Valley.
Start Up Nation is a good explanation.
Netanyahu pulled a Reagan—he realized Israel needed a vibrant economy in order to finance its military.
Thanks SeekAndFind.
...and it makes the A-10 more relevant than ever.
Active defense systems won’t stop a barrage of 30mm cannon.
i carry an Israeli pressure bandage in my back pocket and a larger one in my EDC backpack
Hitler wanted to make Germany Judenfrei. Soon Germany will be Germanfrei, and Israel will be a 1st world power. Funny how that happened.
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