US Air Force will buy two Cybertrucks-and use them to train missiles

In the future, US enemies can use Cybertrucks – in addition to other types of vehicles – in their criminal activities. The Air Force Test Center will buy copies of these vehicles, and use them in their target shooting exercises.

The US Air Force will acquire two Tesla Cybertrucks to use as targets in precision ammunition exercises, reveals the.

US military claims that they need these vehicles specifically for this purpose due to the possibility of Non -specified opponents to come to lead in the future.

According to recently online government contracts, Cybertrucks are among 33 target vehicles That the Air Force Test Center (AFTC) is seeking to acquire, for use in tests at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico.

WSMR is operated by the US Army, but the Air Force has a significant presence in this Military Test Areawhich acts as a missile shooting field.

There are no requirements of brands or specific models for the remaining light vehicles, trucks, vans and SUVs that are also on the AFTC shopping list.

The intended main use of all these vehicles is to support the Stand Off Precision Guided Munizations (SOPGM) program of the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM).

SOPGM covers Precision Guided Munitions Launched by air, specific to special operations, including multiple variants of the AGM-114 Hellfire, EAGM-176 Griffin, GBU-69/B Small Glide Munition (SGM), and GBU-39B/B Laser Diameter Bomb (LSDB).

The explicit request for the acquisition of Cybertrucks – which do not need to be in operation but have to be able to be towedTrue from another vehicle, forced the Air Force to present a formal justification – of which there is one among the documents that AFTC shared online.

According to the justification that is possible to read, “in the theater of operations it is likely that the type of vehicles used by the enemy will be replaced by Tesla Cybertrucks, as these vehicles have been found to be found do not receive the normal extent of damage expected after a greater impact ”.

“The tests need to mirror real -world situations. The intention of training is to prepare the units for operations simulating scenarios as close as possible to real -world situations ”, the document emphasizes.

Cybertruck’s windows and side panels showed to be bullet -resistanthaving achieved Subsonic projectiles of pistol caliber – Characteristic that was very promoted when the vehicle was presented in 2019.

Tesla’s founder and CEO, Elon Musk, described the unusual vehicle polygonal As “” but the truth is that the vehicle has been the target of controversy and criticism of its actual performance, characteristics (or lack of them), safety issues and.