U.S. Army officials reportedly plan to tie THAAD and Patriot air and missile defense systems together within two years. The plan accelerates the integration of the two systems in response to operational needs on the Korean Peninsula. According to BG Randy McIntire, who is charge of modernizing the Army’s AMD capabilities, the plans incorporate steps...
Delegations from eight countries recently witnessed a successful test of the Patriot missile defense system at the White Sands Missile Range facility in New Mexico. During the test, two PAC-3 missile successfully intercepted two representative tactical ballistic missiles. The test demonstrated the newest Patriot missile defense software, Post Deployment Build-8 (PDB-8), and also the Cost...
On February 20, the U.S. State Department approved a possible $3.2 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of Patriot Configuration-3+ Modernized Fire Units to Sweden. If finalized, this would be Sweden’s first purchase of the U.S. Patriot system. According to a statement released by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, “This proposed sale will support the foreign...
On February 7, South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced its intent purchase additional Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors from the United States. The estimated $53 million contract will go through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program, with an undisclosed number of interceptors scheduled for delivery after 2020. Related Links:...
Despite the rising salience of missile threats, current air and missile defense forces are far too susceptible to suppression. Today’s U.S. air and missile defense (AMD) force lacks the depth, capacity, and operational flexibility to simultaneously perform both missions
On January 11, KSA air defenses intercepted a Qaher-M2 short-range ballistic missile launched by Houthi rebels targeting the Saudi city of Najran. Colonel Turki al-Maliki, the spokesperson for the Arab coalition forces, said that the missile was destroyed by Patriot interceptors in the region. Falling debris caused minor property damage, but no casualties were reported....
On January 5, Saudi Air Defense intercepted a Qaher-M2 short-range ballistic missile targeting the country’s southwestern city of Najran. According to the official spokesperson of the Arab Coalition, Colonel Turki al-Maliki, the Houthi missile was intercepted by the Patriot defense system north of Najran, resulting in minor damage to private property due to the shrapnel, but...
Congress passed a continuing resolution that extends the federal budget until January 19, which included $4.7 billion for missile defense-related spending. Lawmakers provided few details on the projects that money will be spent on, but the numbers appear to match the emergency request from the Pentagon in November. For example, the bill includes $884 million...
Poland is looking to negotiate a lower price for the Patriot defense system it plans to buy from the United States. Poland’s secretary of state in its Defense Ministry, Bartosz Kownacki, told Defense News, “We simply cannot accept such financial conditions, we will be working hard on reducing it, we will be conducting a line-by-line...
South Korea will increase its defense budget by 7 percent next year, raising the amount to 43.2 trillion won (39.7 billion USD). The budget allocates 4.3 trillion won to the “three-axis defense platform,” which includes the Kill Chain Preemptive Strike System, Korean Air and Missile Defense (KAMD), and the Korea Massive Punishment and Retaliation (KMPR)...
