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Air-defence
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High hitters.
The US Army's Air and Missile Defense Operations FM 44-100 manual cites, >. Long-range surface-to-air missile systems provide the critical component of the US Army's air and missile defence capability.
The Raytheon Mim-104 Patriot low-to-high altitude surface-to-air (Sam) missile system is considered, >, as mentioned in the 2007 US Army Modernisation Plan, published in March. Since production began in 1980 American manufacturers have built more than 170 launchers and over 9000 missiles for the US Army and eight export customers. A Patriot b...See the full content of this document
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