The Army plans to more than double the number of modernized maneuver short-range air defense battalions it will field, from four to nine, the director of the Fires Center of Excellence said Feb. 16. “What we’ve known all along is that four active M-SHORAD battalions probably is not enough,” Maj. Gen. Ken Kamper said at an Army conference on maneuver forces. “We’re now working toward competing nine divisional short-range air defense battalions in the current [Total Army Analysis] process.” Air...
