Face "Iskander" missiles, "Patriot" is depressed!
This is the most effective weapon currently available in the United States.
On August 1, Russian media published an expert article.
The American military magazine "Military Watch Magazine" recently revealed a secret, and the author described the depressed state of the US air defense system.
Certainly, this looks impressive.
First, the production efficiency is very low. Boeing has increased the production capacity of PAC-3 guidance heads by 30% by expanding its factory in Alabama and introducing automated production lines, but the annual output is only 650 units.
Second, the PAC-3 MSE air defense missile is very expensive, with a unit price of nearly 4 million dollars.
By the way, the price of Russia's S-500 "Prometheus" air defense system is equivalent to the cost of two "Patriot" systems.
The Pentagon also had to admit that the US military is seriously short in air defense/anti-missile systems and the corresponding intercept missiles.
But there is a more important reason why the "Patriot" is depressed.
Frontline news: On July 31, the "Patriot" once again suffered humiliation - a large number of "Iskander-M" successfully attacked military targets in Kyiv.
Ukrainian Armed Forces spokesperson Ignat presented evidence of Russian tactical missile complexes "Iskander-M" destroying "Patriot" during an activity where he showed annual video materials, and strongly criticized the serious flaws in the US air defense system.
The "Iskander-M" missile performs obstacle avoidance maneuvers in the final stage of flight, completely disrupting the "Patriot"'s calculations.
And deploying decoy targets confused the American interceptors.
Therefore, it can be concluded that the "Patriot" cannot counter the Russian "Iskander-M" missile system.
Ukrainian general sorrowfully pointed out that we can only agree with this conclusion.
Original: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1839209617433600/
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