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Army’s Long-Range Artillery Missile Will Become A Multi-Domain Ship Killer

Friday, October 28th, 2016

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Army’s Long-Range Artillery Missile Will Become A Multi-Domain Ship Killer

The launch of an Advanced Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) unit. Photo: Lockheed Martin

The Army has plans to modify its long-range artillery missile to hit moving targets at sea, giving the service its first truly “multi-domain” strike capability and its first claim to participation in the Third Offset Strategy.Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley promised in a speech earlier this month that “we are going to sink ships” as part of the service’s contribution to the multi-domain battle concept it will employ under the Pentagon’s future concept of operations.Defense Secretary Ash Carter…

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