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You left this part out though. . "Patriot PAC-3, GEM, and GEM+ missiles both had a very high success rate, intercepting Al-Samoud 2 and Ababil-100 tactical bal
by at-fates-hands 13y ago
You left this part out though. .
"Patriot PAC-3, GEM, and GEM+ missiles both had a very high success rate, intercepting Al-Samoud 2 and Ababil-100 tactical ballistic missiles.[17] However, no longer-range ballistic missiles were fired during that conflict. The systems were stationed in Kuwait and successfully destroyed a number of hostile surface-to-surface missiles using the new PAC-3 and guidance enhanced missiles"
- hga 13y agoIndeed. The real world performance of Patriot PAC-2, the first generation tweaked for BMD but using the same hardware except for increasing the size of the warhead's projectiles, says little about how later versions and generations (PAC-3 uses a dedicated missile, 1/4 the size and therefore 4 times as many in a launcher) also preformed in the real world. Since in this case the real world = actual instances of enemies shooting live missiles at you trying to kill you, it's been proven in some acid tests. And one reason Guam is sprouting Patriot and THAAD batteries.