Long-Range Cannon prototype to be built this year

By Ethan Sterenfeld / January 12, 2022 at 10:28 AM
The Army will assemble a prototype of its Long-Range Cannon and move it to Yuma Proving Ground, AZ, this year, according to the director of the service's long-range precision fires cross-functional team. But test-fires at Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA, will probably not begin until after 2023, Brig. Gen. John Rafferty said in a Jan. 11 interview with Inside Defense . A previously filed environmental notice had said the Vandenberg testing could begin at shorter ranges in October 2023 before...

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