By Patriot Test. A newly upgraded Patriot air and missile defense system provided by Raytheon recently showed that it can destroy cruise missiles and aircraft with different kinds of interceptors, the company says. During a July 8 test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Patriot destroyed a cruise missile surrogate target with a Raytheon GEM-T interceptor. Minutes later, the system destroyed a fighter plane target with a PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor, recently developed by Lockheed Martin. The upgraded Patriot…
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