Carter Posted February 20, 2001 Share Posted February 20, 2001 I just read about a very interesting new protection system Boeing developed for the US Army. Its called SLID (Small, Low-cost Interceptor Device). It is desgined to intercept ATGMs, HEAT rounds, mortar rounds, and artillery shells at a range of about 250 meters. It does this by firing a guided missile at the incoming round. Apparently it destroys the target with kinetic energy. Boeing finished testing in 1999 and handed it over to the Army. If it really works, this thing would be a major force multiplier. The Russians already have ATGM interceptors like Arena and Drozd-2. But SLID looks like its more versitile. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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