00:01Witness the sound of safety.
00:03These U.S. Army soldiers are conducting calibration fire for the C-RAM in the Middle East.
00:08Think of it as a precision tune-up for a high-tech goalkeeper.
00:11C-RAM stands for Counter Rocket Artillery and Mortar.
00:15Originally born as the Navy's phalanx system to protect ships,
00:18this engineering marvel was adapted for land to track and shred incoming threats.
00:23Using a radar-guided 20mm cannon,
00:25it fires self-destructing rounds at 4,500 shots per minute
00:29to intercept enemy rockets in mid-air before they ever touch the ground.
00:33It is precision engineering saving lives.
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