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Patriot PAC-3: a TBM and a cruise destroyed in the same test
Washington, USA - The anti-missile defence system shows its own effectiveness in a delicate stage of its development
An important test was recently performed in the United States for the Patriot PAC-3 surface-to-air missile, developed by Lockheed Martin. The weapon system would have succeeded, through the almost simultaneous launch of two guided rockets, to intercept and destroy even two different kinds of threat: a TBM (Tactical Ballistic Missile) and a cruise missile flying at a low altitude. The detecting, tracking...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 102718
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency