Army Continues Weapons (PR) Offensive


Yesterday, we reported the Army’s field tests of new equipment sourced from the private sector. Today, we catch wind of an Army jounro junket to the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland to show-off their new and improved weapons systems. Thanks to TTAG contributor and ex-Army man Martin Albright’s comments on the previous post, and the evidence presented in Wired’s Danger Room, I’m beginning to come ’round (so to speak) to the idea that the U.S. may still be slow when it comes to weapons procurement, but they ain’t stupid. Or apathetic. The bad boy above, for example, is your basic artillery piece with big ass green laser.

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