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State Department Approves PAC-3 MSE Missiles For South Korea

Walt Evans

Friday, September 14th, 2018

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The State Department this week approved a possible $501 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 64 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles to South Korea.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the sale on Sep. 13.The Korean PAC-3 MSE request also includes two PAC-MSE Test Missiles, range and test programs, technical documentations, training equipment, spare parts, and other associated logistics and program support.The primary contractor will be Lockheed Martin [LMT], producer of the missile.DSCA said…

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