From Paladin upgrades to a 1,000-mile cannon, Army artillery aims high — er, farther
By: Joe Gould and Jen Judson  
WASHINGTON — After two decades of counterinsurgency warfare, the Army is beefing up its investments in artillery, once a core part of America’s ground force. The move is part of the Pentagon’s strategic focus on near-peer adversaries Russia and China.
The Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting this week takes place as America’s land force is engaged in a multipronged effort that includes an upgrade to the armored and fully tracked M109A6 Paladin 155mm howitzer and the development of a “strategic long-range cannon†that shoots 1,000 nautical miles (or 1,852 kilometers), Army officials say.
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