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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on March 12, 2024, 02:01:48 pm
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Army Delays Extended Range Cannon Artillery, Reviews Tactical Fires Study
The United States Army is presently engaged in a substantial modernization campaign of its artillery systems
JOHNNY FRANKS, WARRIOR EDITORIAL FELLOW44 MINUTES AGO
by Johnny Franks, Warrior Editorial Fellow
The United States Army is presently engaged in a substantial modernization campaign of its artillery systems, a move deemed essential to reassert its tactical and strategic supremacy amidst intensifying global power confrontations. This undertaking is a direct reaction to the imperative demand for artillery units characterized by enhanced range, precision, and lethality to neutralize the advanced capabilities of prospective adversaries.
The service is working intensely to accelerate Army artillery technologies, and has matured a handful of breakthrough systems such as The modernization agenda is inclusive of several prominent initiatives, such as the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA), the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), alongside augmentations to existing systems like the M109 Paladin.
Central to this modernization crusade is the ERCA program, tasked with the augmentation of the Army's competency in executing long-range precision bombardments. In response to the newly released 2025 budget, Army acquisition chief Douglas Bush said ERCA was being cancelled do to its not being ready and mass producible for the service, according to an essay in Defense News. The service has been immersed in a Tactical Fires Study to assess the "maturity" of the ERCA technology.
https://warriormaven.com/land/army-delays-extended-range-cannon-artillery-reviews-tactical-fires-study
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It seems to me extended range artillery would be a logical part of the modernization. :shrug: