Extended Range Cannon Artillery named 'Iron Thunder' fires twice as long !
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The U.S Army has officially named the XM1299 Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) the ‘Iron Thunder’ during a ceremony at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey last week.
Viewers may note that the ERCA program is one of five major programs that are part of the U.S Army’s long-range precision fires (LRPF) initiative.
As per a recent Congressional Research Service report on the Pentagon’s LRPF efforts,
“The Army says that longer-range artillery systems are needed to respond to what DoD calls the enemy anti-access, area-denial (A2/AD) environment (layered and integrated long-range
precision-strike systems, littoral anti-ship capabilities, air defenses, and long-range artillery and rocket systems), which can theoretically keep U.S. forces at bay and deny freedom of movement”
In this video Defense Updates analyzes why 'Iron Thunder' of the U.S Army is now the best artillery cannon in the world?
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