(The War Zone-TIME) Joseph Trevithick - The U.S. Army will install the Israeli Trophy active protection system on some M1A2 Abrams tanks in response to the proliferation of guided anti-tank missiles among insurgent and terrorist groups. On Sept. 28, the Pentagon reported that the Army had hired General Dynamics Land Systems to add the system to an unspecified number of tanks for $10 million. Trophy combines radar with launchers that shoot a burst of metal pellets, akin to a large shotgun, to destroy incoming anti-tank rockets and missiles. During Israel's three-week ground operation in Gaza in 2014, no Israeli Merkava tanks suffered damage, thanks in no small part to Trophy.
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