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HASC Strategic Forces Mark Directs Reports On Patriot Missile Defense Needs Amid Ukrainian Invasion

Tuesday, June 7th, 2022

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HASC Strategic Forces Mark Directs Reports On Patriot Missile Defense Needs Amid Ukrainian Invasion

Launch of Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) Strategic Forces subcommittee mark proposal for the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would require the Army Secretary to to report on Patriot missile defense needs amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine and report on obsolescence issues with Patriot. The mark, released June 7, includes a section with a sense of Congress that the Russian invasion of Ukraine “has highlighted the importance of lower tier air and missile defense capabilities in the…

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