Iran has always claimed to have more short-range ballistic missiles. But the U.S. Army celebrated the production of 50,000 of a new long-range strike munition in recent days, calling it a significant milestone. The U.S. Army and Marine Corps now rely heavily on this weapon, according to U.S. Army Col. Yell Walton.
This is the U.S. Army Guided 227mm rocket GMLRS, which is actually no longer a rocket in the traditional sense, but has actually been a short-range missile. Ordinary rocket launchers are spectacular when they are fired, but by 20 kilometers there is not much accuracy left. As a result, the U.S. military has always paid little attention to rockets because of the lack of accuracy.
The Americans have installed engines, combat sections, navigation control systems, and so on for the new rockets, which are actually a short-range missile. And they also incorporated these new rockets into the global satellite navigation system. This way, when the rocket is launched, it only needs to be zeroed and then 2 minutes to know its coordinates and then enter the target coordinates. The rocket will calculate the guidance data directly and it will be ready to fire.
This way the U.S. Army artillery achieves the goal of stopping and hitting, and, this actually tactical missile rocket can have a precision range of 70 kilometers, and the increased range version has a precision strike range of 150 kilometers. Note here that the precision range is much lower than the full range, just like throwing darts, 2 meters distance is the precision range, in fact, you can throw up to 10 meters.
Now, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps will be this tactical missile, counted as a rocket artillery sequence, can be directly equipped to the artillery unit use. The striking capability of tactical units has been greatly improved. These ground forces also have a precision strike capability that allows for real-Time strikes against time-sensitive, high-value targets. There is no longer a need to call in tactical air units for air strikes.
In the Afghanistan theater, U.S. Special Forces even dared to call in 227mm rockets GMLRS to strike Taliban soldiers who were only a dozen meters away from them. Because, this weapon is very cheap, the number is also exceptionally large, the variety is also more, a variety of submunitions, incendiary bombs, destructive bombs and other warheads can be selected. In the future, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps will certainly use this ammunition in large quantities.
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