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State Department OK’s $8.5 Billion IBCS-Enabled Patriot Sale To Denmark

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025

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State Department OK’s $8.5 Billion IBCS-Enabled Patriot Sale To Denmark

Launch of Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

The State Department on Friday approved a potential $8.5 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Denmark for multiple Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS)-Enabled Patriot air and missile defense system with dozens of interceptor missiles and related equipment. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the sale on Aug. 29. Denmark is specifically seeking 36 RTX [RTX] Patriot MIM-104E guidance enhanced missile-tactical (GEM-T) ballistic missiles; 20 Lockheed Martin [LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles; two…

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