WE Branch Fanatic
6th Feb 2005, 21:30
From the MOD (http://news.mod.uk/news/press/news_headline_story.asp?newsItem_id=3081)
British troops could get a range of futuristic new armaments, able to loiter over a battlefield for hours before identifying and then destroying their targets, under a research programme that has been launched by the MOD.
Os it just me - or does this seem like an attempt by the system to decoy attention away from the very real cuts inflicted on the Forces since the SDR, and the very real delays to projects?
LCLC has the potential to address a range of capability gaps. A carrier vehicle incorporating a modular payload could conduct a variety of roles including the engagement of agile and time sensitive targets, the detection/recognition of targets at long ranges from friendly forces, a communications relay, deploying smart sub-munitions, and even supplying troops deployed deep into the battlefield.
Perhaps if they stopped making cuts there would be less gaps?
British troops could get a range of futuristic new armaments, able to loiter over a battlefield for hours before identifying and then destroying their targets, under a research programme that has been launched by the MOD.
Os it just me - or does this seem like an attempt by the system to decoy attention away from the very real cuts inflicted on the Forces since the SDR, and the very real delays to projects?
LCLC has the potential to address a range of capability gaps. A carrier vehicle incorporating a modular payload could conduct a variety of roles including the engagement of agile and time sensitive targets, the detection/recognition of targets at long ranges from friendly forces, a communications relay, deploying smart sub-munitions, and even supplying troops deployed deep into the battlefield.
Perhaps if they stopped making cuts there would be less gaps?