(Land) Future Combat Systems

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Denke, das ich hier richtig bin, da NLOS-LS ein Teil des FCS-Programms ist:
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NLOS-LS Dies; Just Cost Too Much

By Colin Clark and Greg Grant Friday, April 23rd, 2010 2:52 pm
Posted in Land, Naval, Policy
The Pentagon is almost certain to kill the Non-Line of Sight Launch System, leaving little left of the once enormous Future Combat System and raising questions about how the Navy and Army will deliver highly accurate steel on distant targets.

“This thing just costs too much,” said a source familiar with the decision. “It really has come down to affordability.” The technical side of the recommendation to kill the program came from two studies that considered the Army’s precision fire needs and capabilities. “If you look at if from precision fires only we’ve got some helo rockets, Excalibur artillery, MLRS and precision mortars. But, can you get those into an environment that’s mountainous and difficult to get to and self deploy them and resupply them, then the answer is no. So if you look at it from the operational capability standpoint the waters get a little more muddied,” said the source.

Kurz: NLOS ist teuer, unpraktisch und hat in den letzten Tests deutlich versagt.