The U.S. Army Could Revolutionize Long-Range Fires (From RealClearDefense)

In recent testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Army Secretary Mark Esper revealed that Long-Range Precision Fires (LRPF) is his service’s top priority. Currently, the Army has a multi-phased program designed to first improve and then transform the capabilities of its artillery, rocket and missile systems. According to Dr. Thomas Russell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology, “The Army’s top modernization priority is to regain dominance in artillery and missile system range, lethality, and target acquisition with respect to strategic competitors.” Success in these areas could well return the artillery to its erstwhile status of queen of the battlefield. I have written more on this topic for RealClearDefense here.