US-NATO exercise rehearses taking out 1,500 targets a day to ‘overwhelm’ an enemy

The U.S. Army and its NATO allies in Europe are honing their ability to to fight back against an incursion by throwing enough artillery at an enemy so stop them in their tracks for good, most recently during the annual Dynamic Front exercise with the Germany-based 56th Multi-Domain Command earlier this month. The goal is to be able to shoot down 600 to 1200 ballistic missiles in a 24-hour period, the command’s boss told reporters Thursday, as well as be able to fire on 1,500 targets d