Comments by "" (@TheArklyte) on "Why is the Avenger Air Defense Missile System making a comeback?" video.

Yes... but no... but yes! To elaborate: ADATS is dual purpose system. Main mistake was that all platforms treated it like SAM only and so it was mounted on SPAAs. Instead you should treat it as TOW-2 replacement(albeit a massive and very costly one) that allows you to mix both normal M3 IFV Bradley and SPA Linebacker into the same vehicle. Yes, it'll be very costly. Or use it on that proposed Stryker tank hunter in place of Hellfire 2 missiles. Meanwhile pure SPAA role should be filled by stealing one of those naval SAM systems and putting it on chassis akin to how Tor/Crotale do it.
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@danielaramburo7648 ehm, they're in different niches. Avenger is an extremely short ranged(for SPAA) system that is reactive(ie lacks search radar and basically shoots in return) in function. ADATS is short-to-medium ranged and implies the use of search radar(though it can also be made to operate in "stealth mode" with optical search sensors to prevent it being targeted by anti-radiation missiles) to preemptively intercept targets. It's like as if you took Tunguska, compared it with Tor and called second one pointless.
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