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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.
These range from the UK's short-range anti-aircraft weapon, Starstreak, to the Patriot missile system. [BBC] Patriots are expensive to operate - one missile costs about $3m .
It used the T-22 missile and the Patriot-based Martin Marietta T-16 missile with cluster warheads. In March 1980 the U.S. Army decided to replace the Lance with a similar nuclear, but also chemical or biological, tipped solid-fuel missile with simplified usability dubbed the Corps Support Weapon System (CSWS).
A U.S. defence official said a $4.5 billion contract signed in June with the U.S. Army - the Patriot system's primary customer - marked the beginning of a ramp-up in production of both missiles ...
Iron Dome uses principles that are similar to a true anti-ballistic missile system to intercept slower-moving short-range rockets and artillery projectiles, employing the Tamir missile at ranges of up to 70km and altitudes to 10km, at a cost of about $50,000 per missile. Iron Dome also has an anti-aircraft capability.
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that it has awarded Lockheed Martin a $755.1 million firm-fixed-price contract to produce Patriot PAC-3 missiles for foreign military sale ...
Launched to test its target-seeking system. There was no attempt to hit the target in the test. 13 December 1995 Failure: Failed to hit a test target due to software errors in the missile's fuel system. 22 March 1996 Failure: Failed to hit a test target due to mechanical problems with the kill vehicle's booster separation. 15 July 1996 Failure
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