The U.S. Army Wants to Improve And Increase It's Artillery And Missile System Range

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gabrielle Weaver)

We Are The Mighty: How the Army will revolutionize long-range precision fires

In kick-starting its efforts to prepare for future high-end conflicts, in late 2017, the U.S. Army identified six modernization priorities: Long-Range Precision Fires, Next Generation Combat Vehicles, Future Vertical Lift, the Network, Air and Missile Defense, and Soldier Lethality. To support this plan, the Army stood up Cross-Functional Teams (CFTs) for each of these areas focused on speeding up the process of developing requirements and ensuring that the programs in each of these areas are achievable, affordable and effective. The bulk of the Army's Science and Technology resources were refocused on these six priorities.

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WNU Editor: This has become a priority for the US Army .... How to Read the Army's Budget Request for More Precision Ordnance (The New York Times). On a side note .... the Russians have always regarded long-range precision fire as their advantage. There is very little in the public domain on Chinese efforts to improve their long range artillery.