2nd Cavalry Regiment employs CMIC vehicles as air defense assets

By Courtney McBride / July 24, 2017 at 2:11 PM
A rudimentary system to help operational units defeat unmanned aircraft systems is neither "omniscient" nor "universally able," but helps to protect critical infrastructure, according to the commander of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. Col. Patrick Ellis told Inside the Army in a July 18 interview "the biggest takeaway" from early experimentation with the counter-UAS mobile integrated capability is that air defense doctrine helps to provide a framework for employment. Extrapolating from air defense doctrine, the command team "built a...

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