US special forces want longer reach for rockets, snipers, robots
By Todd South
Thursday, May 9, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. — Special operators are pushing for more firepower in their small teams, asking industry for a lighter shoulder-fired rocket, a long-range sniper rifle, and both land- and air-based weaponized drones.
Lt. Col. Tosh Lancaster told the audience at the Special Operations Force Week conference that U.S. Special Operations Command plans to publish a request for information covering a “Javelin light” by late fiscal 2024 or early fiscal 2025.
The program for a tactical precision missile would give small teams of special operators the capabilities of the current shoulder-fired, anti-tank Javelin rocket but in a smaller package.
https://www.militarytimes.com/smr/sofic/2024/05/09/us-special-forces-want-longer-reach-for-rockets-snipers-robots/
