Keyword: man portable air defence systems (MANPADS)
![The IFPC Inc 2 AD system is intended to defend fixed and forward operating bases against the latest and emerging aerial threats including rotary and fixed-wing, UAVs and cruise missiles, most likely using a second, more capable interceptor. [US Army]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1-IFPC-Increment-2-system-Credit-US-Army-Kopie-324x160.jpg "IFPC Increment 2: Filling the medium-range gap")
IFPC Increment 2: Filling the medium-range gap
The US Army’s Indirect Fires Protection Capability (IFPC) Increment 2 (Inc 2) programme is...
![A CH-47F Chinook helicopter releases flares during a joint Army and Air Force training exercise over Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 26, 2018. [USAF/TSgt Gregory Brook]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Photo-7-CH-47-firing-Decoy-Flares-Credit-USAF-Kopie-324x160.jpg "Countermeasures against SAMs and AAMs")
Countermeasures against SAMs and AAMs
Ever since the first operational deployment of chaff (then codenamed: ‘Window’) by the RAF...