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Monster Machines: New Smart Mortars Could Actually Hit A Target Accurately
Mortars are an invaluable tool for infantry forces, but they aren’t exactly accurate — only half land within 136 metres of where they’re aimed. That sort of success rate just won’t do in Afghanistan, where minimising collateral damage is imperative. That’s why General Dynamics built a mortar with pinpoint accuracy.
Israel’s Iron Dome Aerial Defence Intercepts Incoming Warheads
Given Israel’s rather, ahem, tumultuous relationship with its neighbours, it has certain unique security needs — like a solid air defence from short-range rockets and mortars fired over the Gaza border. That’s why, to defend its civilian centres, Israel has recently deployed an anti-ordnance system known as the Iron Dome.
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