U.S. ARMY UPGRADES PATRIOT MISSILE TO KILL MULTIPLE THREATS || WARTHOG 2017
- 6 年前
The PATRIOT Missile Segment Enhancement improves fire-control, radar and target tracking for the weapon, which can destroy enemy drones, aircraft and Theater Ballistic Missiles.\r
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The US Army and key allies around the world are now analyzing a radar and targeting upgrade to the Patriot missile able to increase the range of threats it can destroy -- to include a wider range of drones, rotary wing aircraft, cruise missiles, extended range tical ballistic missiles and high-speed aircraft. \r
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The Raytheon prototype upgrade includes the addition of new technology designed to keep pace with fast-emerging threats well above and beyond the tical ballistic missiles for which the weapon was initially designed.
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The US Army and key allies around the world are now analyzing a radar and targeting upgrade to the Patriot missile able to increase the range of threats it can destroy -- to include a wider range of drones, rotary wing aircraft, cruise missiles, extended range tical ballistic missiles and high-speed aircraft. \r
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The Raytheon prototype upgrade includes the addition of new technology designed to keep pace with fast-emerging threats well above and beyond the tical ballistic missiles for which the weapon was initially designed.