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Marine Corps Seeks Interchangeable ‘FrankenMissile’ for More Effective MAGTF Support

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Friday, March 21st, 2014

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Marine Corps Seeks Interchangeable ‘FrankenMissile’ for More Effective MAGTF Support

An F-35 firing an AMRAAM. (Photo: Raytheon)

The Marine Corps has gotten good at projecting forces over long distances in Afghanistan, a key ability as the military rebalances to the vast Pacific--but the service needs industry’s help in making sure it can bring along the proper strike capabilities, a service official said March 19 at the Precision Strike Annual Review. Lt. Col. Michael Shand, who leads the unmanned aerial systems portfolio in Marine Corps headquarters aviation, said sending a V-22 a thousand miles inland from the sea…

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