Army fits helicopters with newer countermeasure dispenser systems

The U.S. Army, responding to missile attacks on its helicopters, is fitting them with newer countermeasure dispensers, according to a spokesman for the service. The M-130 dispenser is being replaced with the ALE-47, which puts out "four times as many countermeasures, flares or chaff, depending on...

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