Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 3, 2006 19:23:56 GMT 12
With no air cover now the A-4's are gone, at least our troops will have some form of protection; this from the NZDF website:
www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-releases/20060929-arftswnc.htm
The New Zealand Army will take possession of the technologically advanced Very Low Level Air Defence Alert and Cueing System (VACS) in a small ceremony at Linton Military Camp on Tuesday 3 October.
The VACS provides early warning of approaching aircraft with the inbuilt capacity to identify “friend or foe”. Combined with the Mistral Air Defence system currently in service with the New Zealand Army’s 16 Field (Artillery) Regiment, the VACS vastly improves the effectiveness of the weapon and increases the Army’s ability to protect its personnel and equipment.
The Chief of Army, Major General Lou Gardiner, says: “Army’s ability to protect itself has taken a significant leap forward with the arrival of the VACS. We can now more effectively monitor the air space and react appropriately to any threat, providing a far greater level of security for our forces than ever before. The VACS furthers our position as a technologically advanced Army”.
The Army will receive the VACS in a ceremony attended by the Acting Secretary of Defence Chris Seed, members of the Ministry of Defence project team and representatives of the Spanish company Indra, who developed and manufacture the VACS.
www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-releases/20060929-arftswnc.htm
The New Zealand Army will take possession of the technologically advanced Very Low Level Air Defence Alert and Cueing System (VACS) in a small ceremony at Linton Military Camp on Tuesday 3 October.
The VACS provides early warning of approaching aircraft with the inbuilt capacity to identify “friend or foe”. Combined with the Mistral Air Defence system currently in service with the New Zealand Army’s 16 Field (Artillery) Regiment, the VACS vastly improves the effectiveness of the weapon and increases the Army’s ability to protect its personnel and equipment.
The Chief of Army, Major General Lou Gardiner, says: “Army’s ability to protect itself has taken a significant leap forward with the arrival of the VACS. We can now more effectively monitor the air space and react appropriately to any threat, providing a far greater level of security for our forces than ever before. The VACS furthers our position as a technologically advanced Army”.
The Army will receive the VACS in a ceremony attended by the Acting Secretary of Defence Chris Seed, members of the Ministry of Defence project team and representatives of the Spanish company Indra, who developed and manufacture the VACS.