Here’s the US Army’s New Russia-Era Shopping List
In this March 20, 2014 file photo Pro-Russian soldiers march outside an Ukrainian military base in Perevalne, Crimea.
By Marcus Weisgerber
October 11, 2018
After Putin's Ukraine invasion, the Army's future command wants longer guns, better cybersecurity, and a new way to buy weapons.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced the U.S. Army to rethink its needs, from better cyber security to longer-ranged artillery cannons, according to the commander of the service’s new Futures Command.
“That was kind of the wake-up call in terms of the capabilities that the Russians had been developing since about the time of Desert Storm,†said Gen. John Murray.
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2018/10/army-future/151932/
