Breaking Defense:
WASHINGTON: Subcontractor Rada just released the first photo we’ve seen of the Israeli Iron Fist anti-missile system installed on an American M2 Bradley. With Russian and Chinese-made anti-tank missiles proliferating in Syria and other war zones, the US Army is rushing to field so-called Active Protection Systems on all its armored fighting vehicles.
Four brigades of M1 Abrams heavy tanks are already funded to get a rival Israeli APS called Trophy. But work has lagged on the smaller M2 Bradley troop carrier — which, with less armor and more troops aboard than the M1 tank, arguably needs APS more. Last month, more than a year after the initial contract to put Trophy on the Abrams, the Army committed to buying an initial brigade’s-worth of Iron Fist-Light for the Bradley.
