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Army Addressing Vulnerabilities In Artillery, UAS Demonstrated By Russia

Army Addressing Vulnerabilities In Artillery, UAS Demonstrated By Russia
Lt. Gen H.R. McMaster, Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center and Deputy Commanding General, Futures, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, speaks May 4 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Photo by Dan Parsons

The Army is rushing to plug holes in its arsenal with technologies it neglected to develop because it didn’t need during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but will require in a conflict with a peer nation like Russia or China, according to the top officer in charge of future planning.As it has after every war, the Army has shrunk following the end of its major involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the cuts the service has endured in recent…

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