U.S. Army's air, missile defense countering UAS threat

The threat from enemy unmanned aerial systems continues to proliferate at an astonishing rate, said the director of the Army's newly-created Air and Missile Defense Cross-Functional Team, or AMD CFT. To counter that threat, the Army has developed a "tiered-layered approach," said Brig. Gen. Randy McIntire, who also serves as the commandant of the Air Defense Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and as the chief of Air Defense Artillery.

A Coyote Anti-UAS Block 2 is on display at the Association of the U.S. Army's Global Force Symposium and Exposition, March 28, 2018 in Huntsville, Ala. The Coyote explodes on contact or near enemy UASs to take them out. (U.S. Army photo by David Vergun)

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