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Army’s Modular Missile Defense System Successfully Intercepts Target Drone

Thursday, November 12th, 2015

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Army’s Modular Missile Defense System Successfully Intercepts Target Drone

Raytheon's Patriot is an example of an Army air defense system. Photo: Raytheon

The Army on Thursday morning successfully demonstrated the ability of its Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) system to identify, track and destroy an incoming cruise missile.Just before 10:30 am at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, a cruise missile surrogate target was intercepted by a Patriot Advanced Capability Three (PAC-3) missile defense battery using composite tracking data from both Sentinel and Patriot radars. The AIAMD allows for several radars and missile systems to link to a network that…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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