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TOW-ITAS Fire Control Systems: More Than Just Missile Guidance

by | Jul 16, 2013 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Field Reports, FOCUS Articles, Forces - Marines, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, Training & Exercises, USA

ITAS on the Firing Range(click to view full) ITAS (improved target acquisition system) was originally designed to provide an advanced fire control system for the TOW anti-armor missile, significantly increasing target detection, acquisition, recognition and engagement...
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Rapid Fire July 16, 2013: Russia Tests Its Siberian Readiness, Neighbors’ Nerves

by | Jul 16, 2013 | Africa - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, General Dynamics, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Japan, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Nuclear Weapons, Oceans - International, Policy - Doctrine, Procurement Innovations, Russia, South Korea, Tanks & Mechanized, Think Tanks, USA

* Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a massive surprise exercise last Friday in the Eastern Military District, which he is now overseeing himself. With 160,000 men, 5,000 tanks and armored vehicles, 130 aircraft, and 70 warships, nothing of this scale had been...