US Army eyes interim cruise missile defence
The US Army is looking to field an interim cruise missile defence capability to provide near-term protection until the longer-term Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) system becomes fully operational, according to a service official.
The army has evaluated ‘a number’ of existing systems for the interim capability, including Israel’s combat-tested, anti-rocket Iron Dome, and has ‘winnowed that down to a very small set of candidates,’ army acquisition chief Bruce Jette said on 10 January.
‘We want to have some things in place that provide us some immediate protection…and so what that’s going to do is we’re going to look
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