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Successful PAC-3/MSE Intercept Test Expands Patriot Battlespace

Monday, December 17th, 2012

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said its PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) successfully engaged, intercepted and destroyed a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The first interceptor destroyed the target and the second PAC-3 MSE Missile self-destructed as planned. The PAC-3 MSE Missile provides increased performance by expanding the lethal battlespace of the current PAC-3 missile both in altitude and range employing the same proven hit-to-kill technology that the PAC-3 family of missiles uniquely brings to…

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