Army to 'pure-fleet' Patriot units with new THAAD radar integration capability by 2023

By Jason Sherman / June 16, 2021 at 3:47 PM
The Army plans by 2023 to give all Patriot air defense units a new capability being readied for fielding this summer to troops in South Korea that enhances integration of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system with Patriot for improved ballistic missile defenses in response to North Korea's 2017 long-range rocket technology advances. Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, head of Army Space and Missile Defense Command and Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, revealed the development in written...

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