U.S. Army fields Ukraine-inspired mobile fire teams to counter drones

The U.S. Army has fielded Mobile Fire Teams in Lithuania, adapting a concept developed and battle-tested by Ukrainian forces fighting drone swarms since 2022 and deploying it along NATO’s eastern flank as part of the Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative. Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 4th Air

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The U.S. Army has fielded Mobile Fire Teams in Lithuania, adapting a concept developed and battle-tested by Ukrainian forces fighting drone swarms since 2022 and deploying it along NATO’s eastern flank as part of the Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative. Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd ADA Brigade conducted zeroing operations […]

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