Hi, having worked on the PATRIOT system for 4 years in the Army I know it’s capabilities and also exactly long of tooth this system is. Heck, it had been under development off and on for something like 15 years before I fired one back in ’86. That would make this baby almost 30 years old.

Now, I’m not talking an anti-missle system. PATRIOT was never designed for that. (We ended up testing the system on a LANCE out in white-sands one exercise and suddenly the system was branded an “Anti-missle” system). It is an excellent anti-aircraft system and we had great confidence in it’s hit rate.

But what is going to replace it? Arrow? I haven’t been paying attention for some time so can someone enlighten me?

The meads system will replace the patriot system this new missile system is designed to be wheeled onto the battlefield by soldiers to shoot down jet fighters, drones, and some balistic missiles.