The US Air Force conducted the first seas using the “Rapid Dragon), in which it used Parashott platforms carrying cross and directed missiles and is fired from a military transport plane while flying in the airspace.
The US Air Force Research Laborat In the atmosphere over the Norwegian Sea.
The director of the “fast dragon” program, Dean Evans, said that the success of the experiment reveals to us the extent of the speed of the program, pointing out that in just two years he moved from a mere idea on paper to a live ammunition test.
He continued in a statement issued on the occasion of the experiment, “Now, and three years ago since the start of the program, the fast dragon is used (by the US Special Operations Command in Europe) in the polar circle.
It is for a testimony that the team focused on the speed of integrating assets and using them to meet the needs of air fighting” .
The American magazine “Divins News” quotes the statement of “Air Force Research” as saying that it is the first live ammunition experience for “The Rapid Dragon System” since the success of the Air Force in destroying a target in the Gulf of Mexico in December 2021, and it is the first experience of the system outside the borders of the American continent.
The statement pointed out that the experiment was conducted as part of a series of exercises known as “Atrius” under the leadership of American operations in Europe, which aims to conduct training activities on the capabilities and equipment already in Europe. It is known that the “352 special operations” is concentrated in the “Meldenulol” base of the Royal Air Force in Britain, and the MC-130 military transport plane belongs to the 67th unit of special operations.
The last experience is the seventh activities of the “Atrius” series, in which the United Kingdom, Poland and Romania participated.
And previous exercises for “Atrius” focused on the use of “high -speed artillery missile system” in cooperation with allies from Romania, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Latvia..
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