Army panel to recommend new weapons, divesture candidates for 2030-2050 time frame

By Jason Sherman / May 15, 2017 at 5:21 PM
An influential Army advisory panel is attempting to peer into the future -- contemplating the implications of climate change, demographic shifts, and resource competitions -- in an effort to produce recommendations on capabilities needed to fight the decade beyond next, including suggestions on what new weapon systems the Army must invest in now as well as which weapons to divest over time. The Army Science Board is conducting a study titled "The Future Character of Warfare and Required Capabilities," an...

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