Massive breakthrough: 155 mm howitzer artillery destroys fast-moving maneuvering cruise missile

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https://www.foxnews.com/tech/massive-breakthrough-155-mm-howitzer-artillery-destroys-attacking-cruise-missile">Massive breakthrough: 155 mm howitzer artillery destroys fast-moving maneuvering cruise missile



In an amazing first, an artillery cannon took out a cruise missile.



An M109 Paladin 155 mm howitzer made history recently by shooting down a fast-moving maneuvering cruise missile with a "hypervelocity projectile" able to travel at speeds up to Mach 5, according to an Air Force announcement. Historically, armored vehicles such as tanks, howitzers or infantry carriers have not operated with an ability to destroy fast-moving, long-range cruise missiles, yet the successful demonstration breaks new ground.



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The shoot-down, which took place at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, destroyed a "surrogate" Russian cruise missile target using the Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS).



The concept with JADC2 is to integrate sensor-to-shooter capabilities across air-land-sea-space and cyber domains in real-time, decreasing latency, expediting attacks and bringing new dimensions to "joint warfare."



"Future battlefields will be characterized by information saturation. One of the key objectives of this onramp was to present a dizzying array of information for participants to synthesize, just like they would see in a real operation," Dr. Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, said in an Air Force report.



[Sheer Explosive power]

Due to its ability to reach speeds of up to 5,600 miles per hour, the hypervelocity projectile is engineered as a kinetic energy warhead, meaning no explosives are necessary. It can travel at speeds up to 2,000 meters (6,562 feet) per second, a speed which is about three times that of most existing weapons. The weapon brings such force, power and range that could hold enemies at risk from greater distances and attack targets with the kinetic energy force equivalent to a multi-ton vehicle moving at 160 miles per hour, developers have said.



{The other side of it is it's ability to hit high speed and maneuvering missiles}

AI-empowered algorithms can gather information and bounce new data off of a nearly limitless database to establish comparisons, identify items of relevance, perform analyses, solve problems and efficiently organize problem-solving "data." The success of this relies upon a number of variables, including increased reliability of algorithms programmed to identify patterns, recognize essential indicators and provide the necessary context.

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Massive breakthrough]



In an amazing first, an artillery cannon took out a cruise missile.



An M109 Paladin 155 mm howitzer made history recently by shooting down a fast-moving maneuvering cruise missile with a "hypervelocity projectile" able to travel at speeds up to Mach 5, according to an Air Force announcement. Historically, armored vehicles such as tanks, howitzers or infantry carriers have not operated with an ability to destroy fast-moving, long-range cruise missiles, yet the successful demonstration breaks new ground.



https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/03/1862/1048/ArmyTankEstonia.jpg?ve=1&tl=1">



The shoot-down, which took place at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, destroyed a "surrogate" Russian cruise missile target using the Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS).



The concept with JADC2 is to integrate sensor-to-shooter capabilities across air-land-sea-space and cyber domains in real-time, decreasing latency, expediting attacks and bringing new dimensions to "joint warfare."



"Future battlefields will be characterized by information saturation. One of the key objectives of this onramp was to present a dizzying array of information for participants to synthesize, just like they would see in a real operation," Dr. Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, said in an Air Force report.



[Sheer Explosive power]

Due to its ability to reach speeds of up to 5,600 miles per hour, the hypervelocity projectile is engineered as a kinetic energy warhead, meaning no explosives are necessary. It can travel at speeds up to 2,000 meters (6,562 feet) per second, a speed which is about three times that of most existing weapons. The weapon brings such force, power and range that could hold enemies at risk from greater distances and attack targets with the kinetic energy force equivalent to a multi-ton vehicle moving at 160 miles per hour, developers have said.



{The other side of it is it's ability to hit high speed and maneuvering missiles}

AI-empowered algorithms can gather information and bounce new data off of a nearly limitless database to establish comparisons, identify items of relevance, perform analyses, solve problems and efficiently organize problem-solving "data." The success of this relies upon a number of variables, including increased reliability of algorithms programmed to identify patterns, recognize essential indicators and provide the necessary context.

wow

[Anonymous]

That's a lot of kaboom..

[Anonymous]

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/massive-breakthrough-155-mm-howitzer-artillery-destroys-attacking-cruise-missile">Massive breakthrough: 155 mm howitzer artillery destroys fast-moving maneuvering cruise missile



In an amazing first, an artillery cannon took out a cruise missile.



An M109 Paladin 155 mm howitzer made history recently by shooting down a fast-moving maneuvering cruise missile with a "hypervelocity projectile" able to travel at speeds up to Mach 5, according to an Air Force announcement. Historically, armored vehicles such as tanks, howitzers or infantry carriers have not operated with an ability to destroy fast-moving, long-range cruise missiles, yet the successful demonstration breaks new ground.



https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/03/1862/1048/ArmyTankEstonia.jpg?ve=1&tl=1">



The shoot-down, which took place at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, destroyed a "surrogate" Russian cruise missile target using the Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS).



The concept with JADC2 is to integrate sensor-to-shooter capabilities across air-land-sea-space and cyber domains in real-time, decreasing latency, expediting attacks and bringing new dimensions to "joint warfare."



"Future battlefields will be characterized by information saturation. One of the key objectives of this onramp was to present a dizzying array of information for participants to synthesize, just like they would see in a real operation," Dr. Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, said in an Air Force report.



[Sheer Explosive power]

Due to its ability to reach speeds of up to 5,600 miles per hour, the hypervelocity projectile is engineered as a kinetic energy warhead, meaning no explosives are necessary. It can travel at speeds up to 2,000 meters (6,562 feet) per second, a speed which is about three times that of most existing weapons. The weapon brings such force, power and range that could hold enemies at risk from greater distances and attack targets with the kinetic energy force equivalent to a multi-ton vehicle moving at 160 miles per hour, developers have said.



{The other side of it is it's ability to hit high speed and maneuvering missiles}

AI-empowered algorithms can gather information and bounce new data off of a nearly limitless database to establish comparisons, identify items of relevance, perform analyses, solve problems and efficiently organize problem-solving "data." The success of this relies upon a number of variables, including increased reliability of algorithms programmed to identify patterns, recognize essential indicators and provide the necessary context.

I don't know anything about military hardware, but is so cool.

[Anonymous]

Due to its ability to reach speeds of up to 5,600 miles per hour, the hypervelocity projectile is engineered as a kinetic energy warhead, meaning no explosives are necessary.

That's amazing.