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Israeli Artillery Poised for Longer-Range Precision Strikes
(Defense News) Barbara Opall-Rome - The job of destroying fixed targets as well as targets of opportunity is increasingly being given to the IDF Artillery Corps, which operates precision-strike assets formerly reserved for the Israeli Air Force. In addition to increasingly precise and longer-range missiles and munitions, the Artillery Corps is operating UAVs. Brig.-Gen. (res.) Eli Reiter said the technology allows ground forces to strike targets within less than 10 meters - regardless of range. "Forces on the ground are just as capable as air power in delivering precision strikes, whether targets are a few tens of kilometers or hundreds of kilometers away," Reiter said. "And because we're working with GPS systems, we don't have to deal with fog, smoke or bad weather. From the moment you identify the target, the C4I system serves as the trigger that fires the rockets. Then it's a matter of one to three minutes, according to the flight time of the rocket. You don't need to wait for an airplane or helicopter to arrive."