IR threats prompt SOCOM to change tactics
The U.S. Special Operations Command has changed the way it employs its aircraft to avoid infrared-guided surface-to-air missile threats, and is waiting for the Directed IR Countermeasures (DIRCM) system to bolster defense of the planes, Army Gen. Peter Schoomaker, commander of the U.S. Special...
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