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I'm first in Francesco Tor with the

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173rd Airborne Brigade . We're here at

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the FPV drone live fire range uh in

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Paparati , Lithuania . Uh , this is not

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the 173rd's first time out here in

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Lithuania , but personally it is my

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first time in in Pobra . Uh , I think

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this is a great range , uh , to , to

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test things on , and , uh , we're

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testing quite a few , uh , uh , new

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systems . So , um , one , the system

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itself that we're testing is our

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purpose built treatable system that's

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dubbed the Sky raider FPV drone , and

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that is complete with a DCcom arm and

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center arming device known as the SAN

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from Projecthank . Uh , and this is

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going to be one of the first times that

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US Army soldiers get the chance to

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engage a moving autonomous vehicle with

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an FPV drone with a live munition on it .

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That vehicle that they are engaging is

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provided by marathon targets , and it

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is a it's a SUV target and it has two

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occupants inside . Uh , and it's been

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reinforced with metal so it can

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withstand the blast . The payload that

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the FPV drones are , are carrying is

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about a quarter pound of C4 , and it's

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got a high strength blasting cap and

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M21 shock tube , which is hooked up to

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the arming device .