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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (200944)8/24/2023 7:23:20 AM
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Mq, the Pentagon loves your pickup rocket launcher idea! Look at the cute acronym they used... ;)

VAMPIRE - Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment system
armytimes.com

August 25, 2022

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is sending Ukraine “Vampire” kits that transform pickup trucks and other non-tactical vehicles into highly portable missile launchers.

As part of a $3 billion package for Ukraine that the Pentagon announced Wednesday, the Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment system is a portable kit that can be installed on most vehicles with a cargo bed for launching the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System or other laser-guided munitions.



The L3Harris-made weapon - a small, four-barreled rocket launcher and sensor ball ? can be mounted in two hours and operated by a single person, the company said. It can be equipped with missiles to hit ground or air targets including unmanned aircraft systems.

“The Vampire system itself is a counter-UAS system, ” said Colin Kahl, undersecretary of defense for policy, said at a press briefing Wednesday. “It is a kinetic system that uses small missiles essentially to shoot UAVs out of the sky.”

Full story: armytimes.com
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