It seems like the Son of Netfires is making its debut.
This year marks the first public demonstration of ROGUE-Fires, which can fire the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Family of Munitions (MFOM) – the same munitions that the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) can fire.
The hybrid platform is flexible enough to support a variety of mission-critical payloads, including long-range precision fires, autonomous resupply, and logistics functions, all aimed at boosting operational effectiveness in challenging environments.
This sounds like a reboot of Netfires, and improves on my suggestion in Military Review over two decades ago for the Army to drop off static networked missile-firing modules in the wake of advancing troops for fire support.
My assumption was that there would be a lag in leapfrogging artillery units forward. And also that there would be rapid advances. In the short run, the marriage of near-persistent battlefield surveillance with prompt precision fires will hinder the latter assumption.
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NOTE: Picture of ROGUE-Fires by Oshkosh Defense.
