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    The PATRIOT is a surface-to-air missile defense system used by several NATO countries to defend against airborne threats. It was first deployed in the 1980s and has since evolved with advancing technology. The system uses radar to detect targets and guide interceptor missiles to destroy threats either through proximity detonation or direct impact. Key components include radar, launchers, interceptor missiles, and an engagement control station that calculates trajectories and controls the system. The PATRIOT plays an important role in integrated air and missile defense.

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    The PATRIOT is a surface-to-air missile defense system used by several NATO countries to defend against airborne threats. It was first deployed in the 1980s and has since evolved with advancing technology. The system uses radar to detect targets and guide interceptor missiles to destroy threats either through proximity detonation or direct impact. Key components include radar, launchers, interceptor missiles, and an engagement control station that calculates trajectories and controls the system. The PATRIOT plays an important role in integrated air and missile defense.

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    The PATRIOT is a surface-to-air missile defense system used by several NATO countries to defend against airborne threats. It was first deployed in the 1980s and has since evolved with advancing technology. The system uses radar to detect targets and guide interceptor missiles to destroy threats either through proximity detonation or direct impact. Key components include radar, launchers, interceptor missiles, and an engagement control station that calculates trajectories and controls the system. The PATRIOT plays an important role in integrated air and missile defense.

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    North Atlantic Treaty Organization

    Fact Sheet

    PATRIOT
    Overview
    The PATRIOT is a surface-to-air guided air and missile defence system currently in use world-wide
    including in several NATO countries (Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Spain and the United
    States).

    History
    The first PATRIOT air defence
    systems were deployed by U.S.
    Forces in the mid-1980s. During
    the first Gulf War, it was used to
    defend against the Iraqi Scud missile
    threat. The PATRIOT system has
    evolved over the years as the threat
    has changed and technology has
    advanced. The current PATRIOT
    variants are equipped with
    advanced interceptor missiles and
    high performance radar systems.
    PATRIOT stands for “Phased Array
    Tracking Radar to Intercept on
    Target”.

    Role
    The role of the PATRIOT is to defend against airborne threats as part of an integrated air and missile
    defence system. Notable characteristics of the PATRIOT system include a short response time, the
    ability to engage multiple targets simultaneously, good ground mobility, and the ability to resist
    electronic jamming.

    System Description
    PATRIOT systems have four operational functions: communications, command and control, radar
    surveillance and missile (interceptor) guidance.

    A battery has six major components: a power plant, radar set, an engagement control station,
    launcher stations, the antenna mast group, and the interceptors (missiles) themselves.

    - The Radar Set provides detection and tracking of targets as well as fire control. The phased array
    radar helps guide interceptors to their intended targets and is resistant to jamming.
    - The Engagement Control Station calculates trajectories for interceptors and controls the launching
    sequence. As such, it communicates with the launcher stations and other PATRIOT batteries. It is
    the only manned station in a PATRIOT fire unit.
    - The Launcher Stations transport and protect the interceptors (missiles) and provide the platform for the physical launch
    of the missile.
    - The Antenna Mast Group is the main communications backbone for the Patriot unit.
    - The Interceptor Missiles: PAC-2 is a proximity fusing missile, whereas PAC-3 has been specifically designed to intercept
    and destroy missiles by impacting them directly with kinetic energy - “Hit-to-Kill” technology.

    Target Engagement
    Once the PATRIOT missile is launched, it will be tracked by the phased array radar set.
    As the interceptor missile approaches the target, its active seeker will steer the missile to the target. A PAC-2 Patriot missile
    will detonate in the vicinity of the threat missile whereas a PAC-3 will seek to impact the warhead of the threat ballistic
    missile.

    Variant: PAC-2 and PAC-3


    Defended area: 15-20 Km against ballistic missiles
    Missiles per launching station: 4 PAC-2, 16 PAC-3
    Radar Range: 150+ Km
    Speed: 5,000 Km/h
    Flight Ceiling: 20+ Km
    Missile Length: 5.2 m
    Diameter: 25 cm
    Weight: 320 Kg

    1825-12 NATO Graphics & Printing

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