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"path": "/2026/02/22/apache-new-drone-killer-30mm-ammo/",
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"site": "https://theaviationist.com",
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"textContent": "Live-fire trials of the AH-64 with XM1225 APEX ammunition come as both U.S. and Russian attack helicopters experiment with proximity-fused cannon rounds to defeat small UAVs. The U.S. Army conducted the first successful live fire test of the 30×113 mm XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive (APEX) ammunition, employed by an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter in an […]",
"title": "Apache Helicopters Get New “Drone-Killer” 30mm Proximity-Fused Ammunition"
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