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HASC Calls For Patriot Report Over Concerns Batteries, Units Over-Deployed

HASC Calls For Patriot Report Over Concerns Batteries, Units Over-Deployed
The Patriot air and missile defense system (Photo: Raytheon)

The House Armed Services Committee has called for an audit of the Patriot and Terminal High Area Air Defense (THAAD) system deployment and training rates in its revision of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.The committee in the NDAA markup released Monday directs the U.S. Comptroller General to prepare a report on training and deployment of Patriot and THAAD batteries because of a concern the units already are spread thin.The comptroller is asked to provide a report to HASC and…

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