DefenceTalkTaiwan plans to test-fire its newest anti-missile system for the first time in the United States next month as relations with rival China deteriorate, a defence source and media reports said Monday. Relations between China and Taiwan have cooled rapidly under the island’s new Beijing-sceptic president Tsai Ing-wen, who took office in May, ending an […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-to-test-fire-missiles-in-us-as-china-tensions-rise-67729/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a Patriot Air Defense System with PAC-3 enhancement and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $1.750 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/patriot-air-defense-system-with-pac-3-enhancement-for-saudi-arabia-60659/

DefenceTalkRaytheon’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System successfully test fired two Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The mission consisted of two single firings against single tactical ballistic missile representative targets. “Patriot’s successful track record is testament to its continual testing and evolution,” said Ralph Acaba, vice president for Integrated Air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/patriot-performance-excels-in-pac-3-test-firing-49721/

DefenceTalkRaytheon’s new-production Patriot Air and Missile Defense System successfully launched a PAC-3 missile to engage a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M. This test was the culmination of two years of testing of the complete system, proving system performance in all environments and against all threats. “Patriot’s flawless performance […]https://www.defencetalk.com/modernized-patriot-system-aces-pac-3-test-48781/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin’s (LMT) PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Missile successfully engaged, intercepted and destroyed two different threat representative targets during a flight test today at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The first target engagement involved two PAC-3 MSE Missiles ripple fired against an advanced Tactical Ballistic Missile (TBM) target. The first MSE Missile successfully engaged […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-conducts-successful-pac-3-mse-missile-flight-test-48051/

DefenceTalkThree U.S.-made Patriot antimissile air defense batteries will be deployed in southern Taiwan, in addition to the one already in northern Taiwan, Deputy Defense Minister Andrew Yang said Thursday. Responding to lawmakers’ questions in the Legislative Yuan’s Foreign and National Defense Committee, Yang said the three Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile batteries will be used […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-to-deploy-3-more-pac-3-antimissile-batteries-47632/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin’s PAC-3 Missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) in a Lower Tier Project Office flight test today at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Two PAC-3 Missiles were ripple-fired in the test per current doctrine. The first interceptor destroyed the target and the second PAC-3 Missile self-destructed as planned. Mission […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-pac-3-missile-intercepts-and-destroys-tactical-ballistic-missile-in-new-test-47464/