Army missile defense has atrophied. Here’s what is happening to beef it up
By: Todd South   1 day ago
A PAC-3 MSE missile launches from the Medium Extended Air Defense System during a test at White Sands Missile Range. Air missile defense is getting a renewed Army focus, largely due to perceived near-peer threats from Russia and China. (John Hamilton/White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs)
As the Army looks to its near future, senior leaders see clearly that they can no longer count on constant air superiority. To meet that growing vulnerability, they’ve been growing and training up their air missile defense.
At the Association of the U.S. Army’s AMD conference today, commanders discussed efforts that are underway to use missile defense at their level in the future multi-domain operations that the Army expects to encounter where air, land, sea, cyber and space will all be contested.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/03/12/army-missile-defense-has-atrophied-heres-what-is-happening-to-beef-it-up/
