March 24, 2020
The Army's New Radar Will Make Short Work Of Incoming Maneuvering Cruise Missiles
Meet the Lower Tier Air & Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS).
by Kris Osborn
Washington, D.C. -- Maneuvering cruise missiles, fast-moving stealthy fighter jets, armed drones, long-range helicopter-fired air-to-ground weapons and hypersonic rounds traveling at 5-times the speed of sound are all modern methods of air-attack able to destroy Army ground war units -- potentially even rendering them inoperable or, even worse, making them vulnerable to complete destruction.
The weapons, sensors and platforms now operated by potential adversaries have created an entirely new tactical environment now defining land combat, a scenario which has inspired the U.S. Army to fast-track new, advanced air and missile defense radar technologies sufficient to thwart this changing sphere of enemy attack possibilities.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/armys-new-radar-will-make-short-work-incoming-maneuvering-cruise-missiles-136922
