- Reaction score
- 8,095
- Points
- 1,160
The Army has another potential solution on hand. They don't need to put the CIWS into the field as a C-RAM system and deny their use to the Navy. Nor do they need Navy personnel to show them how to operate unfamiliar gear.
The Army operated/operates the ADATS system in conjunction with the Skyguard Radar and the Twin 35mm GDF-005. Rheinmetall-Oerlikon-Contraves is marketing their current generation of the system, the Skyshield, as a C-RAM system capable of countering Mortar Bombs and Rockets. The Skyguard could and the GDF-005s could both be upgraded (and the GDFs equipped with AHEAD ammunition) to function as a Skyshield system.
Even the ADATS missiles could be incorporated in static missile launchers that could be integrated into the system.
http://www.rheinmetall-defence.com/index.php?fid=1547&lang=3&pdb=1
The Army operated/operates the ADATS system in conjunction with the Skyguard Radar and the Twin 35mm GDF-005. Rheinmetall-Oerlikon-Contraves is marketing their current generation of the system, the Skyshield, as a C-RAM system capable of countering Mortar Bombs and Rockets. The Skyguard could and the GDF-005s could both be upgraded (and the GDFs equipped with AHEAD ammunition) to function as a Skyshield system.
Even the ADATS missiles could be incorporated in static missile launchers that could be integrated into the system.
http://www.rheinmetall-defence.com/index.php?fid=1547&lang=3&pdb=1