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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.
A PAC-3 interceptor from a Patriot missile system, primarily used by the U.S. Army and allied nations for land-based air defense, was tested in May on a "virtual Aegis ship" using a Mk. 70 ...
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 ...
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)
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 ...
During Cold War, Germany had 36 Patriot systems in service. As of July 2024: 7 systems in service [31] 3 from the storage delivered to Ukraine in April 2023, PAC-3 variant [31] [32] The systems in service are upgraded to PAC-3 standard, and it is equipped with PAC-2 and PAC-3 CRI missiles in service.