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A defense contractor has released new footage of its Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) system, from an Army test carried out earlier this year.
Video published to Twitter last week by General Dynamic Land Systems shows a Stryker infantry carrier vehicle firing off a volley of Stinger and Hellfire missiles, and testing out its 30mm autocannon, a major flex of the beastly new short-range air defense system.
The IM-SHORAD system consists of a 360-degree Avenger air defense turret loaded up with Stinger and AGM-114 Longbow Hellfire missiles, an XM914 30mm cannon, and a 7.62mm machine gun…
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