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Lockheed Pitches Containerized Launchers To Help Close Australia’s Air And Missile Defense Gaps
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Lockheed Pitches Containerized Launchers To Help Close Australia’s Air And Missile Defense Gaps

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted Yesterday

U.S. President Donald Trump derided Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's offer to buy 10 Patriot air defense systems.
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Trump Derides Zelensky’s Request To Buy $15B Worth Of Patriot Air Defense Systems

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 14, 2025

When the U.S. wanted to shift a Patriot battery from the Pacific to the Middle East, it took 73 C-17 flights to do so, highlighting sustainment concerns.
Air

It Took 73 C-17 Loads To Move Patriot Battalion From Pacific To Middle East

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 10, 2025

For Lockheed Martin, combining PAC-3 MSE with the Mk 41 presents a potential way to break Raytheon’s long-standing lock on naval missile sales.
Sea

Patriot PAC-3 Missile Puts Crosshairs On Replacing Navy’s Long-Serving SM-2

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 9, 2025

Dozens Of Israeli Patriot Missiles Sent To Ukraine
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Dozens Of Israeli Patriot Missiles Sent To Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 29, 2025

Mk 41 launcher MDA Guam
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Tilting Mark 41 Launcher Emerges During Guam’s First Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test

By Geoff Ziezulewicz, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 10, 2024

A new palletized ground-based launcher concept that can be loaded with up to two dozen 227mm guided artillery rockets at a time – four times what an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) can pack at once – recently broke cover.
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Mobile Launcher That Can Fire Four Times More Weapons Than HIMARS Emerges

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 13, 2024

In major policy shift, Biden administration is allowing U.S. contractors to work in Ukraine fixing and maintaining donated weapons.
Air

U.S. Contractors Will Be Allowed To Fix F-16s, Patriots In Ukraine: Report

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 8, 2024

U.S. President Donald Trump derided Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's offer to buy 10 Patriot air defense systems.
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New Patriot Missile Interceptor Axed By Army

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 15, 2024

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky fired his Air Force commander days after a fatal F-16 crash.
Air

Zelensky Fires Air Force Commander As Claims Swirl Around Fatal F-16 Loss

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 30, 2024

AIM-120 being loaded into a NASAMS launcher
Air

U.S. Diverting Missiles From Foreign Customers To Ukraine Could Have Repercussions Beyond Air Defense

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 21, 2024

U.S. Army Officer Confirms Russian A-50 Radar Jet Was Shot Down With Patriot Missile
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U.S. Army Officer Confirms Russian A-50 Radar Jet Was Shot Down With Patriot Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 10, 2024

A picture emerging on social media of a Patriot mock-up sparked conspiracy theories about Ukraine selling a system to China.
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Mock-Up Patriot System Sparks China-Ukraine Conspiracy Theories

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 15, 2024

Israel is mothballing its Patriot air defense systems, will Ukraine get them?
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Could Ukraine Get Israel’s Mothballed Patriot Air Defense Batteries?

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 30, 2024

Saudi Arabian officials have shared new details about the use of Patriot surface-to-air missile systems against Houthi threats in 2019, underscoring growing air and missile defense concerns around the world.
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Saudi’s ‘Mad Minute’ Of Patriot Intercepts Shines Light On Growing Challenges

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 6, 2024

Patriot missile shoot down Russian plane.
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Aircraft Downed Inside Russia By Patriot System: Ukrainian Air Force

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Nov 28, 2023