The Army’s most advanced Patriot interceptor knocked down ballistic missile targets this month during a key reliability test, an event that marked the first successful launch of a PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement by the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) as well as the beginning of a field surveillance program for the growing guided-missile fleet. On Nov. 4, two PAC-3 MSE missiles were launched by IBCS and intercepted ballistic missile targets over White Sands Missile Range, NM,...
