DIMDEX: Raytheon offers up ‘counter-swarm’ solution
The most prolific threat currently facing Middle Eastern navies is swarming fast attack craft, according to Raytheon, which has developed a new missile system to counter the threat.
Speaking to Shephard at DIMDEX on 26 March, Spike Valentino, Raytheon’s Middle East business development director, said: ‘Most navies in the region are modernising in one way or another and counter-swarm is one of the biggest challenges.’
However, Valentino said countering such a threat would require not only vessels but airborne and ground-based platforms or a combination of them all.
Raytheon is also promoting various weapon systems in the region in order
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