Abandoning 360-degree coverage would make air defenses more vulnerable and undermine their mission Press reports and statements from U.S. Army leadership suggest that omnidirectional capability for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS, may be slipping away as the threshold requirement it deserves to be. Air defenders and joint forces under their...
On November 2, U.S. Air Force Colonel Mike Andrews confirmed U.S. approval of Patriot PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) integration into Germany’s air and missile defense system, TLVS. The PAC-3 is an extended range interceptor and uses hit-to-kill technology, making it more accurate than previous Patriot interceptors. As a part of a multimillion dollar arms...
On November 2, Romania’s Ministry of Defense announced it has paid $395,847,480 (USD) for an additional three Patriot Advanced Configuration-3+ (PAC-3) Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Systems per a May 2018 contract. The new purchases follow a November 2017 contract for seven Patriot systems. Romanian AMD forces will begin training to operate the Patriots in...
On September 26, the Wall Street Journal reported that the United States will remove two Patriot air and missile defense batteries from Kuwait and one each from Jordan and Bahrain. The systems, which are currently offline, will return to the United States for maintenance and upgrades and will not redeploy to the Middle East. The...
On September 14, the U.S. State Department approved South Korea to purchase 64 Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Missiles; nine Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems; 42 AN/AAR-54 Missile Warning Sensors; and various support equipment. The $501 million price tag includes training and support services. The approval follows the June...
On September 5, the U.S. State Department approved a potential $105 million sale of Patriot air defense equipment and support to the Netherlands. The planned “Recapitalization” (RECAP) deal of four Dutch Patriot fire units includes “Radar Sets (RS), Radar Digital Processors (RDP), Engagement Control Stations (ECS), Information and Coordination Central (ICC), Modem Man Stations (MMS),...
Between August 17 and August 29, a reported eight Houthi-launched missiles targeting Najran and Jizan provinces were intercepted by Saudi air defense forces. Another three unconfirmed missile launches occurred during the same period. There were no successful Houthi-launched missile strikes confirmed. It was also reported that Saudi Arabia installed several Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) launchers...
On August 13, KSA air defenses intercepted a Houthi-launched short-range ballistic missile targeting Najran, Saudi media reports. No casualties were reported. Houthi media also reported a Badr-1 SRBM strike on Arab Coalition forces along Yemen’s west coast, but this has not been confirmed. On August 11, Saudi Patriot missile defenses intercepted a Houthi-fired Badr-1 SRBM...
On August 10, KSA air defenses intercepted two Houthi-launched short-range ballistic missiles, Saudi media reports. According to Houthi media, the militant group fired one Badr-1 SRBM targeting Saudi’s Jarba military camp, located in Dhahran, Asir province. Houthi fighters also claim to have launched “a batch of ballistic missiles” targeting Jizan later that day, although this...
On August 8, the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) signed an agreement with the United States to purchase four Patriot Configuration 3+ Modernized Fire Units equipped with AN/MPQ-65 radars and armed with 100 MIM-104E Guided Enhancement Missile-TMB (GEM-T) missiles and 200 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles. The estimated $1.13 billion in...
