Hi there,
It seems that the US Army is using Nasams to protect key installations.
Does anyone which units is using Nasams ?
TIA,
Gé
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I guess the 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command and the 1st Battalion, 204th Air Defense Artillery are two examples…
H.P.
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Thanks Frenchy,
Very helpfull !
Gé
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Yes and no. NASAMS is used in Washington DC to protect it after 9/11/2001 as fixed installation launchers, but it is not being used by the US Army as a field unit as the AIM-120 is not fielded as a SAM compared to foreign militaries. The US Army might use the AIM-120 if the MAAWLER and BRAWLR pedestal SAM turret is adopted by the Sierra Nevada Corporation such as Ukraine is using, but the AIM-9X and AIM-120s are not in US Army mobile field service with the troops.
In the photo below, the top longest rail is for an AIM-120, which is the same as a NASAM. This pedestal is not in US military use yet although some manufacturers are outfitting their vehicles with it.
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