Defense News:
WASHINGTON — The Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhanced missile had its third successful intercept of a target since November, Lockheed Martin announced Thursday.
A PAC-3 MSE missile engaged and hit a tactical ballistic missile target at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on Dec. 10.
The missile is the Army’s newest version of the PAC-3 missile used in the Raytheon-made Patriot air and missile defense system.
Previous intercepts occurred on Nov. 12 and Nov. 19, also at White Stands.
A PAC-3 interceptor took out an airborne target in a flight test that was part of the Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) test. Northrop Grumman is the prime manufacturer of the IBCS, the brains of Army’s future missile defense system, and is expected to reach initial operational capability in fiscal 2019…
