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“US Army Precision Fires” BG(P) Jeff Sorenson

“US Army Precision Fires” BG(P) Jeff Sorenson. AGENDA. Precision Fires – Why and Why Not? Misconceptions Target Acquisition Equipment Programs Key Planning Studies Underway Challenges Road Ahead. PRECISION MUNITIONS -- WHY?.

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“US Army Precision Fires” BG(P) Jeff Sorenson

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  1. “US Army Precision Fires” BG(P) Jeff Sorenson

  2. AGENDA • Precision Fires – Why and Why Not? • Misconceptions • Target Acquisition • Equipment Programs • Key Planning Studies Underway • Challenges • Road Ahead

  3. PRECISION MUNITIONS -- WHY? • All-weather, terrain, and operational environment engagement capability that reduces operational risk by providing immediate responsive fires and scalable effects • Minimize collateral damage, especially in urban settings; allows for discriminating use of force • Reduce number of rounds needed to defeat targets at all ranges (same CEP at any range) • Reduce logistics footprint and force burden • Essential to fulfill objectives of Transformation and Joint opns • Compliment -- not replace – unguided or ‘dumb’ munitions

  4. PRECISION MUNITIONS – WHY NOT? • Not every target needs to be destroyed – suppression, masking, or harassing fire is often needed to shape the battle • Unaffordable – if chasing too many programs with limited resources • Insufficient numbers – if they become the weapon of choice • Dependent on sensor system data, rapidly passed networked information, especially when addressing fleeting targets • PGM technology is developing ahead of doctrine and infrastructure – modernizing weapons without modernizing doctrine may lead to ineffective use of PGMs

  5. MISCONCEPTIONS • A replacement for unguided munitions – but “dumb” is still good • A leap-ahead advantage – but temporary since eventually precision will proliferate and put our own forces at risk • Leads to quick victory – but the enemy does not always behave the way we think we would • Technology Will Save Us… • -- PGMs are not a replacement for sound tactics or strategy (do not confuse the ways and means of war with its end) • -- PGMs as the ‘silver bullet’ – but weapons break; human error; enemy countermeasures; not a replacement for doctrine, tactics, or the human element (leadership; will to win; luck)

  6. 10m 40 km 10m 10m 35 km 10m 273m 10m 10m 139m 112m 95m Excalibur CEP M549A1 CEP (1/2 hr MET) 30 km M107 CEP (1/2 hr MET) Aim Point 132m 20 km 97m 25 km 15 km 69m 10 km Circular Error Probable (CEP) - the radius of a circle within which 50% of the projectiles fired will impact. CIRCULAR ERROR PROBABLE (CEP)

  7. JOINT FIRES CAPABILITIES Variety of: - Targets - Dwell Times - Effects Long Range Precision Strike Shaping Fires Range >300km Destructive Fires at Depth 300km Air Interdiction 150-180km Fires to Isolate Attack AVN 100km (LAM) ATACMS TLAM Fires to Protect 70km 40-50km (PAM) 30-40km Close Support Fires Naval Gunfire FCS Cannon W/Excalibur UCAV GMLRS Close Air Support 7-12km PAM/LAM FCS Mortar Responsiveness for Close Fight

  8. PRECISION MUNITIONS (Fielded & Developmental) FIELDED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: TOW 2B JAVELIN HELLFIRE variants -- SAL (K, M, or N) and LONGBOW (L) ATACMS Block IV – Quick Reaction Unitary (QRU) SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPMENT OR S&T: PEO AMMO: PEO MISSILES and SPACE: Excalibur LOSAT Viper Strike PGMM CKEM NLOS LS -- PAM MRM APKWS NLOS LS -- LAM CCF JCM MTHEL GMLRS

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