Interestingly enoughโฆIโm on a family vacation, and one of our cousins has been with a defense contractor for decades (think satellite targeting and such). He was relating the story of a colleague who was an AF forward observer (captain) during the Iraq war. Heโd been calling in air strikes and artillery strikes for weeks. Then, an officer came to him and told him about this new thing they had, HIMARS. Within a strike or two, this guy realized he could put ordinance on target with less than 10 meters of error. He went nuts, putting strikes on all kinds of targets that required precision. After a couple of weeks, he gets a phone call. From the pentagon. Itโs a generalโฆhe freaks a bit, because general. The general just wants to ask him about his experience and opinion of HIMARS. He gushes, explains all the great things he can do with it, what a game changer it is. General thanks him for his feedback, laughs, and says โbut weโre gonna need you to tone it down a bit. Those things are $1 million each, so you burned through $70 million just last week. Soโฆbe a bit more selective.โ Point being, the precision on target was a game changer, and puts traditional artillery to shame. And weโve been playing with them for 20 years. They know how to use them.