PAC-3 Missile Successfully Destroys Tactical Ballistic Missile in Test
DALLAS, TX: Lockheed Martin’s Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile successfully intercepted and destroyed an incoming tactical ballistic missile (TBM) today during a flight test at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The battle-proven PAC-3 Missile is the world’s only fielded hit-to-kill, kinetic energy air defense missile.
During the flight test, designated Task 2-2, two PAC-3 Missiles were “ripple-fired” at an incoming Patriot-As-A-Target TBM, a legacy Patriot missile modified to represent a short-range TBM. Preliminary data indicates the TBM was destroyed and all test objectives were achieved.
By: cinciboy - 9th September 2005 at 20:38
Looks like serious push for PAC-3 and F-18 superduper bug. I am wondering why F-16 is left out.. because pakistan have them ???
By: bring_it_on - 9th September 2005 at 18:57
This seems to have been to impress India.
hmmmmm…tests and launches are planned and testing,envelope expansion etc are charted out well in advance and ususually when a program is planned even before it starts (at the time the proposal is made)..The US army aint gonna start testing missiles to impress india rather then for expansion into envelopes that they themselves need.
By: Stealth Spy - 9th September 2005 at 18:49
This seems to have been to impress India.
Lt Gen Kohler & team will arrive in New Delhi in a few days to make a technical presentation on the missile that the US is pressing to sell to India (in addition to the block 2 super hornet)
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September 8, 2005 at 8:07 pm