Weekly Briefing: Land Warfare

The latest news and analysis on land warfare, from Breaking Defense._____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Weekly Briefing Land Warfare

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Train Small Units For Big Wars: Gen. McConville When high-tech enemies hack and jam communications, "small units need to be able to operate on their own," the Army Chief of Staff said. "If they are not masters of their craft, they are not going to be able to do that."

Raytheon Readies LTAMDS Radar For Tests [Sponsored] Raytheon's currently on contract for six of the Army's next-gen radars, but just replacing every US Army Patriot radar — the current plan — would be 80-plus sales.

Conferences In A Pandemic – And After: AUSA's Lessons Learned Holding events virtually saves venue, transportation, and lodging costs, AUSA's Guy Swan says, but setting up and checking all the digital links takes way more work from staff. They're hoping to do part of their October Annual Meeting in person in DC.

REARMM: Army Holds Modernization 'Rehearsals' How do you get 35 new technologies into combat units without overwhelming them? Army Futures Command, Forces Command, Materiel Command, and other HQs are trying to figure that out.

Iron Sting: Israelis Will Demo Smart Mortar For US Elbit's 120 mm mortar uses GPS and lasers to make the infantry's favorite heavy weapon precision-guided – and the US is looking to upgrade its own 120s on Strykers and AMPVs.

Joint World Warms Up To Army Long-Range Missiles The head of INDOPACOM, Adm. Davidson, and the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Air Force Gen. Hyten, seem receptive to a new Army role in long-range strike.

A War With China Would Spread To Land, Says Army Tanker "China's proven it will not self-limit in competition, so we cannot expect them to self-limit in conflict," said Maj. Gen. Richard Ross Coffman, who heads armored vehicle modernization at Army Futures Command. "We've got to be able to fight no matter where we are."

Intel Still Needs Humans In Age Of AI: Lt. Gen. Potter Artificial intelligence can't prepare an in-depth assessment of de-escalation options or build relationships with foreign allies who have sources Americans don't, said the Army's deputy chief of staff for intel.

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