Future combat systems: in 2014, it will have taken some two-and-a-half decades after the fall of the Iron Curtain for some of the major Western armies to gear up to the new World Order. At least four major pragrammes are currently underway to meet tomorrow's new challenges.

Armada International › Vol. 30 Nbr. 2, April 2006

Author: Biass, Eric H.

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Future combat systems: in 2014, it will have taken some two-and-a-half decades after the fall of the Iron Curtain for some of the major Western armies to gear up to the new World Order. At least four major pragrammes are currently underway to meet tomorrow's new challenges.

The most comprehensive overhaul comes from America in the form of the Future Combat System, more generically known under the (confusing) FCS acronym. Planned to enter servic...

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