Kamikaze Drones Could Deploy to Protect Patriot Missile Defense Batteries

October 17, 2019

Military.com:

The attack on two major Saudi oil plants by low-flying drones in September highlighted an emerging vulnerability of long-range missile defense systems: The attacking systems were able to evade Patriot PAC-2 surface-to-air missile batteries in order to reach their targets.

As the Army rebuilds short-range air defense capabilities, long deprioritized in favor of long-range systems, the service is also looking to integrate counter-drone capabilities into existing Patriot systems.

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