The Indian Army has issued a Request for Information(RFI) for the Canister Launched Anti-Armour Loiter Ammunition(CALM) System.<\/span><\/p>\n CALM System is a preloaded canister with loitering ammunition or a drone. Once fired it can remain aloft for a period of time over the area of operation and when a target is sighted it can be guided down to destroy the target with the explosive payload that it carries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Usually, loiter ammunition carries a camera that is nose-mounted and which can be used by the operator to see the area of operation and choose targets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n These munitions also have variants that can be recovered and reused in case they are not used for any strike.<\/span><\/p>\n The top-down attack capability of the CALM System gives it a big advantage over targets such as tanks, which are vulnerable to any attack on the top where the armour protection is weak.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Army wants to deploy the CALM System<\/span> in the plains and deserts along the western borders, as well as in high altitude areas up to 16,500 feet along the northern frontier.<\/span><\/p>\n Source:\u00a0 <\/b>This post is based on the article <\/span>\u201c<\/b>Explained: What is Canister Launched Anti-Armour Loiter Ammunition that the Army wants?<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>Indian Express <\/b>on <\/span>12th April 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? The Indian Army has issued a Request for Information(RFI) for the Canister Launched Anti-Armour Loiter Ammunition(CALM) System. What is a Canister Launched Anti-Armour Loiter Ammunition(CALM) System? CALM System is a preloaded canister with loitering ammunition or a drone. Once fired it can remain aloft for a period of time over the… Continue reading Explained: What is Canister Launched Anti-Armour Loiter Ammunition that the Army wants?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-179088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704758051},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is a Canister Launched Anti-Armour Loiter Ammunition(CALM) System?<\/b><\/h5>\n
What are the advantages of this CALM System?<\/b><\/h5>\n
Where will the CALM System be deployed?<\/b><\/h5>\n