Special forces vehicles could soon be outfitted with a new guided-rocket system based on the unguided rockets that have been a mainstay on fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.
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Special forces vehicles could soon have a new, more lethal guided-rocket system
Unguided rockets have been a mainstay on aircraft over the battlefield for decades; now guided versions of them may be mounted on vehicles.
Arnold Defense, a St. Louis-based weapons maker, is working with other defense firms to produce the Fletcher, a weapons system firing 2.75-inch guided rockets that can be mounted on land vehicles and potentially on platforms designed for open-water and close-to-shore operations.
The company and its team plans to demonstrate the system during the Defense and Security Equipment International showcase this week in London, and it expects other partners to join the project during its development.
Arnold is the world's biggest supplier of rocket launchers, according to Defense News, and it has made more than a million of the 2.75-inch rocket launchers for the US and allied militaries since 1961.
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