Traditional ballistic artillery and mortars may be a thing of the past thanks to C-RAM. The Navy has fielded a similar anti missile defense system know as CIWS for years. Basically the system is consists of an extremely precise radar that can identify the trajectory of incoming mortar or artillery shells and direct a 20MM Gatling gun to fire 4000 rounds per minute of air fused shells. The whole system fits on a semi trailer and retails for the low price of $15 million (your first 12,000 rounds of ammo are free:).
That sounds great and all but you've got to see AND hear this thing in action!
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Pretty cool vids especially the second one. Did you know that the latest version of this weapon doesn't even use bullets? There is a prototype or two in Israel using a the same system with a high powered laser.
I'm assuming that you are talking about future additions to Raytheon's Centurion system....
That is correct.
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