Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, prepare to sling load their M777 howitzer onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a two-gun raid air assault exercise Oct. 10, 2019, at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Thomas Calvert)
Military.com/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Army Zeroes In on Rapid Artillery Raids in New Era of 'Great Power' Competition
In comparing land-based capabilities, the U.S. Army found that its artillery was falling short of Russian and Chinese weaponry, following a decade of American focus on low-grade threats in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Advances by the "great power " competitors meant the United States was being out-ranged.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine was a wake-up call of sorts, with Russia using advanced artillery and drones as spotters to create devastating long-range effects.
The Army now is racing to increase the range of its artillery -- and have the ability to move it in a hurry so that enemy systems can't hit back.
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WNU Editor: Russia's use of advanced artillery and drones as spotters to create devastating long-range effects has been a wake-up call for everyone ... including the U.S. Army.
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