
The newest variant of the Patriot missile misfired during the Army’s latest flight test of its future missile defense command platform, with another interceptor ultimately used to take down a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target. Col. Phil Rottenborn, project manager for PEO Missiles and Space, confirmed the news first reported by Inside Defense, that the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) deployed a PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) missile after the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missile misfired. “Root cause analysis…