{"id":45201,"date":"2021-10-13T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/13\/what-all-soldiers-need-to-know-about-how-long-range-fires-will-change-war\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:58:56","slug":"what-all-soldiers-need-to-know-about-how-long-range-fires-will-change-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2021\/10\/13\/what-all-soldiers-need-to-know-about-how-long-range-fires-will-change-war\/","title":{"rendered":"What all soldiers need to know about how long-range fires will change war"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Army\u2019s number one modernization priority, long range precision fires, will impact soldiers both inside and outside the fires careerfields. New cannons and kill chain processes are expected to extend the fight over greater distances, which has big implications for combined arms warfare.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brig. Gen. John Rafferty serves as the director of Cross Functional Team-Long Range Precision Fires. He spoke with Army Times ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s Annual Meeting and Exposition. The question and answer section below has been edited for clarity and space.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What should soldiers both in the fires field and outside of it know about CFT-LRPF?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September we held a \u201cchristening\u201d for our Extended Range Cannon Artillery prototypes at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, before they headed out to Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, for testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a remarkable event, and a big celebration for LRPF and Army Futures Command. Our next step is to build another 18 prototype sets. An element of the Army\u2019s Multidomain Operations transformation is that our whole combined arms team has to enhance our core competencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\t