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To: Spktyr

IIRC, the linebackers have been withdrawn from service


18 posted on 08/10/2017 10:00:00 AM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

Yeah, the Army had decided that they were not needed; as noted in the article, they had decided to de-emphasize ground air defense against aircraft. However, as the article also notes, the Army is now hastily revisiting the issue. The M6s were “withdrawn” by bringing them into depot, swapping the Stinger missile pack for their original TOW missile packs and updating the software; the Army is now seriously considering reversing that as of this year. http://breakingdefense.com/2017/08/laser-in-front-grunts-in-back-boeing-offers-anti-aircraft-vehicles/


19 posted on 08/10/2017 11:32:18 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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