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Army

Army To Consider Pushing Precision Strike Missile Range Up To 800 Kilometers

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, October 16th, 2019

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Army To Consider Pushing Precision Strike Missile Range Up To 800 Kilometers

Lockheed Martin's Precision Strike Missile (PrSM)

The Army will consider increasing the maximum range for its future Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) from 499 to potentially 800 kilometers, the service’s lead for long-range precision fires (LRPF) said Tuesday, with plans to study adjusting requirements following initial flight tests later this year. Col. John Rafferty, director of the LRPF cross-functional team, told reporters at the Association of the United States Army conference, following the dissolution of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, the Army has lifted the…

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Space

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