Matzos
13-04-07, 09:34
The UK's ground forces in Afghanistan are getting a state-of-the-art precision land attack rocket with twice the range of existing artillery systems.
Following a series of successful trials the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) has been declared fit for deployment with troops in Afghanistan later this year.
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Nicknamed the "60km sniper" by trials troops, the Global Positioning System (GPS) guided rockets contain the latest advanced computer technology giving them unsurpassed accuracy out to a range of over 60 kilometres
The delivery of these systems is the first element in an incremental programme worth over £250million which will see the UK take delivery of several thousand rockets by the end of the decade. The GMLRS rocket has been developed by a five-nation collaboration of the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the US.
Following a series of successful trials the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) has been declared fit for deployment with troops in Afghanistan later this year.
http://www.militaryimages.net/imagehost/images/Matzos/gmlrs.jpg
Nicknamed the "60km sniper" by trials troops, the Global Positioning System (GPS) guided rockets contain the latest advanced computer technology giving them unsurpassed accuracy out to a range of over 60 kilometres
The delivery of these systems is the first element in an incremental programme worth over £250million which will see the UK take delivery of several thousand rockets by the end of the decade. The GMLRS rocket has been developed by a five-nation collaboration of the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the US.