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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Fact Sheet

PATRIOT

Overview

Te PARIO is a surace-to-air guided air and missile deence system currently in use world-wideincluding in several NAO countries (Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Spain and the UnitedStates).

History

Te frst PARIO air deencesystems were deployed by U.S.Forces in the mid-1980s. Duringthe frst Gul War, it was used todeend against the Iraqi Scud missilethreat. Te PARIO system hasevolved over the years as the threathas changed and technology hasadvanced. Te current PARIOvariants are equipped withadvanced interceptor missiles andhigh perormance radar systems.PARIO stands or Phased Arrayracking Radar to Intercept onarget.

Role

Te role o the PARIO is to deend against airborne threats as part o an integrated air and missiledeence system. Notable characteristics o the PARIO system include a short response time, theability to engage multiple targets simultaneously, good ground mobility, and the ability to resistelectronic jamming.

System Description

PARIO systems have our operational unctions: communications, command and control, radarsurveillance and missile (interceptor) guidance.

A battery has six major components: a power plant, radar set, an engagement control station,launcher stations, the antenna mast group, and the interceptors (missiles) themselves.

- Te Radar Set provides detection and tracking o targets as well as fre control. Te phased arrayradar helps guide interceptors to their intended targets and is resistant to jamming.

- Te Engagement Control Station calculates trajectories or interceptors and controls the launchingsequence. As such, it communicates with the launcher stations and other PARIO batteries. It isthe only manned station in a PARIO fre unit.

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- Te Launcher Stations transport and protect the interceptors (missiles) and provide the platorm or the physical launcho the missile.

- Te Antenna Mast Group is the main communications backbone or the Patriot unit.

- Te Interceptor Missiles: PAC-2 is a proximity using missile, whereas PAC-3 has been specifcally designed to interceptand destroy missiles by impacting them directly with kinetic energy - Hit-to-Kill technology.

Target Engagement

Once the PARIO missile is launched, it will be tracked by the phased array radar set.

As the interceptor missile approaches the target, its active seeker will steer the missile to the target. A PAC-2 Patriot missilewill detonate in the vicinity o the threat missile whereas a PAC-3 will seek to impact the warhead o the threat ballisticmissile.

Specifcations

Variant: PAC-2 and PAC-3

Deended area: 15-20 Km against ballistic missiles

Missiles per launching station: 4 PAC-2, 16 PAC-3

Radar Range: 150+ Km

Speed: 5,000 Km/h

Flight Ceiling: 20+ Km

Missile Length: 5.2 m

Diameter: 25 cm

Weight: 320 Kg

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