How the U.S. Army's PATRIOT Missile Fights

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Become a Patron to support us & get exclusive perks: https://www.patreon.com/battleorder Check out Zach's Patreon too: https://www.patreon.com/Vrmillion Get the free article: https://www.battleorder.org/post/patriot Outro music and background music at around 0:33 is by Charli Morgan: https://youtu.be/9fqUH4-thG4 Other Platforms • 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BattleOrder2 • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/battleorder.org Chapters: 0:00 - Context 1:24 - Patriot's Role 1:50 - Patriot Components 4:27 - Unit Organization 5:31 - The Missiles 7:12 - Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) 9:18 - PAC-2 GEM Missile 12:11 - PAC-3 CRI Missile 14:23 - PAC-3 MSE Missile 14:59 - Procurement 15:35 - Offensive Tactics 17:55 - Patriot Emplacement 22:18 - Limitations 23:32 - Air Defense Task Forces 25:32 - New LTAMDS Radar for Patriot Sources: [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/21/patriot-missile-system-ukraine-russia/ [2] https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/gemeinsame-presseerklaerung-im-anschluss-an-ein-telefonat-zwischen-dem-praesidenten-der-vereinigten-staaten-joseph-r-biden-jr-und-dem-bundeskanzler-der-bundesrepublik-deutschland-olaf-scholz-2156622 [3] NATO/Ukraine Lessons Learned - Fires Symposium 2024 https://vimeo.com/951587661 [4] ATP 3-01.7 (2016) "Air Defense Artillery Brigade Techniques", pg 4-2 [5] ATP 3-01.7 (2016), pg 4-4 [6] FM 3-01.85 (2002) "Patriot Battalion and Battery Operations", Appendix B [7] CRS Report, "PATRIOT Air and Missile Defense System for Ukraine", Jan 18, 2023 [8] https://missiledefenseadvocacy.org/defense-systems/anmpq-5365-radar/ [9] FM 3-01 (2020) "U.S. Army Air and Missile Defense Operations", pg 7-3 [10] ATP 4-33 (2024) "Maintenance Operations" [11] Lockheed Martin (2022), "PAC-3 MSE Overview" [12] ATP 3-01.8 (2016) "Techniques for Combined Arms for Air Defense", pg 4-3 [13] US Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command https://history.redstone.army.mil/miss-patriot.htm [14] Sherman, J.D. (2003). "Patrior PAC-2 Development and Deployment in The Gulf War", page 33 [15] Missile Defense Review. "The Ballistic Missile Defense System" https://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Interactive/2018/11-2019-Missile-Defense-Review/MDR-BMDS-Factsheet-UPDATED.pdf [16] FM 3-01.85 (2002), pg 5-16 [17] Jane's Land Based Air Defence 1992-1993 and 2002-2003 [18] FM 44-15-1 (1986) "Operations and Training Patriot", pg 1-8 [19] Weeks, P. "The story of Patriot" in Fires, a professional bulletin of HQDA, pg 36 [20] Scales, R. (1993) "Certain Victory: The US Army in the Gulf War", pg 71-72 [21] Scales, pg 183 [22] Wright, D. and Tracy, C. (2023) "Hypersonic Weapons-Part 1: Background and Vulnerability to Missile Defenses", pg 17 [23] DOD Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget Estimates, March 2024, Army, Justification Book Volume 1 of 1, Missile Procurement, Army. Exhibit P-5a, Procurement History and Planning: PB 2025 Army (MSE Missile) [24] Committee Staff Procurement Backup Book, FY 2003 Budget Submission, Missile Procurement, Army. Exhibit P-40, Budget Item Justification Sheet (PATRIOT PAC-3) [25] 1997 Report to the Congress on Ballistic Missile Defense, prepared by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, pg 2-22. [26] FM 3-01 (2020), pg 1-9 [27] FM 3-01.85 (2002), pg 5-2 [28] FM 3-01.85 (2002), pp 5-3 to 5-6 [29] Weeks, P. "The story of Patriot", pg 37 [30] Personal Input from an ADA officer [31] FM 3-01 (2020), pg 2-10 [32] FM 3-01.85 (2002), page G-10; Jordan, D. (2022) "Operation Bittersweet Symphony", Air Defense Artillery Journal, 2022 Issue 1. pg 20-21 [33] FM 3-01.85 (2002), pages 5-8 to 5-9 ; FM 44-85 (1997) "Patriot Battalion and Battery Operations", pp 5-5 to 5-6 [34] FM 3-01.85 (2002), Appendix G [35] FM 3-01.85, Appendix E [36] FM 3-01.85, pp 5-12 to 5-14 [37] White, K. (2010), "Patriot Missile Soldiers maintain, train to isolate air threats"; Garcia, C. (2022), "What to expect when you’re expecting: The unforeseen sustainment and personnel issues of IBCS", Air Defense Artillery Journal, 2022 Issue 1, pg 46. [38] FM 3-01.85 (2002), Pp G-10, B-12, B-8 [39] FM 3-01.85 (2002), pg E-4 [40] FM 44-85 (1997), Pp 5-7 to 5-13 [41] FM 3-01 (2020), pp 7-3 to 7-5 [42] Judson, J. (2022), "Missile Defense Agency fires Patriot missile from THAAD system", DefenseNews [43] Northrop Grumman (April 4, 2024), "Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Battle Command System Demonstrates Another Successful LTAMDS and Patriot Live-Fire Integration" [44] Studio (November 13, 2023), "Nothing Goes Unseen: Raytheon’s LTAMDS Radar Enhances Situational Awareness Amidst Increasing Aerial Threats", Shephard [45] https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1665149758858756096 [46] Roosevelt, A. (Dec 6, 2012), "Successful PAC-3/MSE Intercept Test Expands Patriot Battlespace", Defense Daily [47] FM 3-01 (2020), page 71, at anytime about 45 percent of the Patriot force is deployed in overseas locations