Lockheed tests precision munitions
The Lockheed Martin Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary munitions have undergone stockpile reliability testing at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. According to the company the testing was successful.
The tests saw the rockets fired from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) at simulated targets for the US Army’s tactical munitions reliability programme. The firings were initiated by soldiers inside the HIMARS’ improved armoured cab.
Eight GMLRS were conditioned at hot and ambient temperatures, while the ATACMS Unitary missile, which is the current production configuration, was conditioned hot for the test.
HIMARS brings MLRS firepower to a wheeled chassis. It carries a single six-pack of rockets or one ATACMS missile, and can launch the entire MLRS family of munitions. It is C-130-transportable and can be deployed into areas previously inaccessible to heavier launchers.
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