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PAC-3 Missiles Successfully Intercept Tactical Ballistic Missile Targets

Tuesday, November 28th, 2017

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PAC-3 Missiles Successfully Intercept Tactical Ballistic Missile Targets

A PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missile test is conducted at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M. as part of a flight test for the U.S. Army in 2016. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

Five Lockheed Martin [LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 interceptors successfully defeated four tactical ballistic missile targets in a test earlier this month.The Army led a flight test of four PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) and one PAC-2 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors against the four targets at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M. A company spokesperson told Defense Daily that this “complex test” took place on Nov. 16.A previous Army test used a remote launch configuration of the PAC-3 MSE…

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