Patriot PAC-3 Test Now Slated for Late This Week

By Dan Dupont / January 31, 2000 at 5:00 AM
The Army plans to test-fire its Patriot Advanced Capability-3 theater missile defense system late this week after weather twice forced the service to cancel the intercept attempt. A service official told InsideDefense.com today that Thursday (Feb. 3) is the earliest date for the test flight, which will be held at White Sands Missile Range, NM. High winds forced the service to delay the test last week ( DefenseAlert , Jan. 26, 2000). Originally set for Jan. 26, the Army then...

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