Pentagon’s Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures Capabilities Become Clearer
Credit: BAE SYSTEMS CONCEPT
For U.S. helicopter pilots in particular, Afghanistan is a new battlefield with new threats. And as troops and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance resources pour into the theater, rotary-wing use will quickly escalate. Already, a CH-47—newly modified with an advanced laser-based defense...
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