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The M163 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS), officially Gun, Air Defense Artillery, Self-Propelled 20-mm, M163, is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) that was primarily used by the United States Army. The M163 provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units against low-flying fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.
The agencies said they “urge Congress to enact counter-UAS legislation when it reconvenes that would extend and expand existing counter-drone authorities to identify and mitigate any threat that ...
The IDF announced that its air force and navy conducted over 480 strikes in Syria in the span of 48 hours, 350 of which targeted airfields, anti-aircraft batteries, missiles, drones, fighter jets, tanks, and weapon production sites, [69] destroying between 70% and 80% of Syria's strategic weapons.
The two versions of the Vulcan Air-Defense System, the towed M167 and self-propelled M163 VADS, were developed by the United States Army Weapons Command at Rock Island Arsenal in 1964. They were accepted as a replacement for the M45 Quadmount in 1965, and first production M167s were delivered to the U.S. Army in 1967.
Four Israeli soldiers have been killed and more than 60 people injured in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central-northern Israel, according to first responders and the Israeli military.
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Hezbollah fired 200 rockets and 20 drones targeting ten IDF bases in northern Israel and the Golan Heights, killing a reservist officer. [317] Over ten fires were caused, including at a mall in Acre. [ 318 ] [ 319 ] Two people were lightly injured from falls while going to shelters.
The IDF initially said that it “identified and struck a terrorist who operated an aircraft that posed a threat to IDF troops.” But the aircraft in question was a consumer-grade drone, The WaPo ...