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Brilliant Anti-Armor Submunition: Opportunity Exists to Conduct
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Wed Dec 10 18:03:23 1997
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 09:49:16 -0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Steve Schear <schear@lvdi.net>
Reply-To: Steve Schear <schear@lvdi.net>
The following item was added to GAO's World Wide Web site in
Portable Document (PDF) format.
- Brilliant Anti-Armor Submunition: Opportunity Exists to Conduct
Critical Test Prior to Production Decision. NSIAD-98-16. 13 pp.
plus 1 appendix (6 pp.) October 30, 1997.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/ns98016.pdf
<fontfamily><param>Helvetica</param><smaller>Abstract
The Army is developing the brilliant antiarmor submunition, with
acoustic
and infrared seekers working in tandem, to autonomously search for,
track, and destroy moving armored targets. This submunition is to be
carried deep into enemy territory by the Army Tactical Missile System
(<smaller><smaller>ATACMS</smaller></smaller>) Block II missile, which
is still in development and is a
modification of the in-production <smaller><smaller>ATACMS
</smaller></smaller>Block IA missile, which carries a
different submunition. The brilliant antiarmor submunition and the
<smaller><smaller>ATACMS
</smaller></smaller>Block II missile are a $4-billion system designed
to support the Army's
"deep fires" mission, which calls for the destruction and/or disruption
of
enemy forces at ranges exceeding 100 kilometers. Each Block II missile
is
to carry 13 submunitions that will be dispensed over large clusters of
high
payoff targets to attack and destroy individual targets. The advantage
of
the submunition is that it can cover a large area when dispersed,
which
allows it to compensate for target location errors.
</smaller></fontfamily>
