U.S. Army is getting too serious about their copter crashes in Iraq.
The army wants to get their hands on a Trophy type defense system for their helicopters.
Israeli army is already using a system dubbed Trophy. The system is called as an ‘active defense system‘ and it works by keeping anti-aircraft missiles away from the copters. The copter determines that a missile is on its target and then it shoots a mini missile to destroy the approaching danger.
US Army has refused to use the same system in their own copters claiming that the system can be of danger to civilians and friendly forces on the ground.
If they do not want to use Trophy then they have to develop an even better system that destroys these missiles in air so that there is no danger to friendly forces and civilians on ground.
Via: wired
