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The King of Battle for the USA, but not a Game-Changer for Ukraine?

The King of Battle for the USA, but not a Game-Changer for Ukraine?

The Discordant Discussion of Long-Range Fires and Ukraine.

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Hello All,

Do you know what the US Army has been calling the “King of Battle” for the last few years? I will tell you and it might come as a surprise if you’ve been listening lately to the discussion over long-range fires and Ukraine . Starting in 2017, the Army referred to Long-Range Precision Fire (LRPF) as the “King of Battle” and named the development of greatly improved LRPF as the number 1 priority for future US Army development.

This kind of talk has been part and parcel of the Army’s attempts to seize a major slice of the LRPF action in the US military, which has heretofore been

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