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The MIM-104 Patriot is a mobile interceptor missile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system.
Launch of a MIM-104 Patriot missile. The United States Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense [IAMD] Battle Command System (IBCS) is a plug-and-fight network intended to let a radar or any other defensive sensor feed its data to any available weapon—colloquially, "connect any sensor to any shooter".
MIM-104 Patriot – 483 units. Iron Dome ( limited use ) Indirect Fires Protection; ... Long-range hypersonic weapon (intermediate-range conventional prompt strike ...
MIM-104 Patriot ©VanderWolf-Images / iStock Editorial via Getty Images. Horsepower: 355. Top speed: 49.7 mph — #21 fastest out of 32 vehicles. Role: Surface-to-air missile (SAM) Crew size: 12.
However, non-nuclear ballistic and conventional missiles have been used in recent limited regional conflicts to strategic effect. Several Houthi-fired ballistic missiles in Yemen have been intercepted by Saudi MIM-104 Patriot batteries, and Russian cruise missiles have been notably used in the Syrian Civil War.
A Ukrainian defense initiative is making steel armor plates to wrap around the control unit of the Patriot battery. Ukraine is giving its US-made Patriot systems steel armor to protect them from ...
Fearing China will deploy hypersonic weapons to sink ships in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy is moving forward with a plan to arm some of its vessels with Patriot interceptor missiles, two senior ...
Sometimes called Kinetic Kill technology, the THAAD missile destroys missiles by colliding with them, using hit-to-kill technology, like the MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3, although the PAC-3 also contains a small explosive warhead. This is unlike the Patriot PAC-2, which carried only an explosive warhead detonated using a proximity fuze.