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Lockheed Martin has presented a new way of employing the company’s highly capable Patriot PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement surface-to-air missile, firing it from a Mk 41 Vertical Launch System cell. This combination would open a door to potentially adding this missile to the arsenal of dozens of current and future warships in service around the world, including with the U.S. Navy. In addition, it could allow any ground-based variant or derivative of the Mk 41, such as ones the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy are developing, to fire these interceptors, in addition to various other missiles.

A model of a PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missile being fired from a Mk 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) cell is currently on display at the Surface Navy Association’s annual National Symposium, which opened today in Northern Virginia. Aaron-Matthew IL, a freelancer covering the event for Naval News, shared pictures of the display on Twitter.

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