"U.S Navy To Equip Ships With Patriot Missiles As China Uses Hypersonic Weapons In The Indo-Pacific"
"According to senior defence officials, the U.S. Navy has planned to equip some of its ships with Patriot Interceptor Missiles amidst concerns of Beijing using hypersonic weapons to target ships in the Indo-Pacific.
The PAC-3 MSE interceptors are mainly used by the U.S. Army and other nations for land-based air defence but will now be used by the Navy, to counter China.
The missiles built by Lockheed Martin will be integrated with the air defences of the Navy ships in the face of rapidly modernising Chinese Military force.
However, many PAC-3 interceptors are required and the U.S Army seeks to double the production shortly."
"According to senior defence officials, the U.S. Navy has planned to equip some of its ships with Patriot Interceptor Missiles amidst concerns of Beijing using hypersonic weapons to target ships in the Indo-Pacific.
The PAC-3 MSE interceptors are mainly used by the U.S. Army and other nations for land-based air defence but will now be used by the Navy, to counter China.
The missiles built by Lockheed Martin will be integrated with the air defences of the Navy ships in the face of rapidly modernising Chinese Military force.
However, many PAC-3 interceptors are required and the U.S Army seeks to double the production shortly."