MIM-104 Patriot - Wikipedia
The MIM-104 Patriot is a mobile interceptor missile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system.
Patriot Missile Long-Range Air-Defence System, USA - Army Technology
Mar 1, 2024 · The Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target, or Patriot (MIM-104), is a long-range, all-altitude, all-weather air defence system to counter tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and advanced aircraft.
Patriot - Missile Threat
Aug 23, 2023 · The MIM-104 Patriot is the U.S. Army’s primary air and missile defense system. While initially designed as an antiaircraft system, newer variants of Patriot are capable of engaging ballistic and cruise missiles, loitering munitions, and aircraft.
Raytheon MIM-104 Patriot - Designation-Systems.Net
The MIM-104 Patriot is the most advanced medium/long-range surface-to-air missile in current operational U.S. Army inventory. The Patriot system, complemented by the new PAC-3 missile, will remain the Army's main tactical air-defense system for some time in the future.
How Patriot Missiles Work - HowStuffWorks
Feb 27, 2024 · The MIM-104 Patriot (Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept On Target) missile system is the U.S. Army's main air and missile defense system. It was originally designed as an anti-aircraft system, but the newest iterations of the Patriot can detect, target and track ballistic and cruise missiles, munitions as well as aircraft.
Army closes in on replacement for Patriot air defense system
Oct 11, 2021 · WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has been working toward a replacement for its Raytheon-made Patriot air and missile defense system for well over a decade, but it is closing in on bringing some key...
So Patriot and THAAD will talk. What does that really mean? - Defense News
Oct 10, 2018 · The Army decided earlier this year to drastically accelerate its plans to get the Patriot medium-range air-and-missile defense system and the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system to...
PATRIOT: The Cornerstone of Western Air & Missile Defense
Sep 3, 2024 · MIM-104 Patriot is the mainstay Air and Missile Defense system of the United States (US) Army. The system, which entered service in the mid-80s, was made to replace the Army’s MIM-23 Home All The Way Killer (HAWK) and Nike Hercules weapon systems.
Weapons - Mim-104 Patriot | The Gulf War | FRONTLINE - PBS
Designed in the late 1970s as an anti-aircraft weapon, the Patriot was modified in the mid-1980s to defend against ballistic missiles as well. The system employs a 17.4 foot-long missile powered...
Patriot MIM-104 - Army Recognition
Oct 16, 2024 · The MIM-104 Patriot is an air defense missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations. Patriot uses an advanced aerial interceptor missile and high-performance radar systems.