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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.
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Full-scale development of the system began in 1976 and it was deployed in 1984. Patriot was used initially as an anti-aircraft system, but in 1988 it was upgraded to provide limited capability against tactical ballistic missiles (TBM) as PAC-1 (Patriot Advanced Capability-1). It is manufactured by the Raytheon Company of the United States.
KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he wanted to double Ukraine's air defence capacity over the summer after receiving the country's third German-supplied Patriot system ...
KYIV (Reuters) -Germany will supply a U.S.-made Patriot air defence system and air defence missiles to Ukraine at a "critical time" as Kyiv struggles to defend its energy system from Russian ...
The Patriot is one of the most advanced air defence systems in the world, designed to work against a mix of aircraft, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. ... While the US said that the Patriot ...
Possibly larger derivatives exist as well, including a submarine-launched variant) Python 5 (air-to-air, with also a ground-to-air version for the SPYDER system) SkySniper (air-to-ground) Sparrow (target missile) Spike/Gil (man-portable antitank guided missile, tactical ground-to-ground (Spike NLOS)) Naval Spike (ship-to-ship/shore)
The Patriot system, which has proved extremely effective in this war and of which Ukraine has very few, is at the top of Moscow's target list.