The MIM-104 Patriot is a face-to- air bullet (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several confederated nations. Patriot (MIM-104) is a long- range, all- altitude, all- rainfall air defence system to fight politic ballistic dumdums, voyage dumdums and advanced aircraft.
It's manufactured by theU.S. defence contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar element of the armament system. The AN/ MPQ-53 at the heart of the system is known as the" Gradational Array Tracking Radar to Block on Target"which is a backronym for Loyalist.
The Patriot System replaced the Nike Hercules system as theU.S. Army's primary High to Medium Air Defense (HIMAD) system and replaced the MIM-23 Hawk system as theU.S. Army's medium politic air defence system.
In addition to these places, Patriot has been given the function of theU.S. Army'santi-ballistic bullet (ABM) system, which is now Patriot's primary charge. The system is anticipated to stay contended until at least 2040.
The Patriot bullet is equipped with a track-via- bullet (TVM) guidance system. Midcourse correction commands are transmitted to the guidance system from the mobile engagement control centre.
The bullet has a range of 70 km and a maximum altitude lesser than 24 km. The minimal flight time is lower than nine seconds and the outside is three and a partial twinkles.
Patriot uses an advanced upstanding interceptor bullet and high- performance radar systems. Patriot was developed at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, which had preliminarily developed the Safeguard ABM system and its element Spartan and hypersonic speed Sprint dumdums.
The symbol for Patriot is a delineation of a Revolutionary War – period Minuteman. The Patriot system gained notoriety during the Persian Gulf War of 1991 with the claimed engagement of over 40 Iraqi Scud dumdums, but those claims came a source of contestation.
The system was successfully used against Iraqi dumdums in 2003 Iraq War, and has been also used by Saudi and Emirati forces in the Yemen conflict against Houthi bullet attacks.
The Patriot system achieved its first undisputed shootdowns of adversary aircraft in the service of the Israeli Air Defense Command. Israeli MIM-104D batteries shot down two Hamas UAVs during Operation Defensive Edge on August 31, 2014 and latterly, on September 23, 2014, an Israeli Patriot battery shot down a Syrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 which had entered the airspace of the Golan.
The Patriot system has four major functional functions dispatches, command and control, radar surveillance, and bullet guidance. The four functions combine to give a coordinated, secure, integrated, mobile air defense system.
The Patriot bullet vessel is mounted on M860semi-trailers, which are hauled by M983 HEMTTs. The Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) provides transport capabilities for there-supply of combat vehicles and munitions systems.
There are five introductory configurations of the HEMTT series exchanges M977 weight truck with Material Handling Crane (MHC), M978 2500 gallon energy tanker, M984 saboteur, M983 tractor and M985 weight truck with MHC.
The M983 truck uses an 8x8 lattice and is powered by a Detroit Diesel, MUI, 8V-92TA, V-8 2-stroke liter diesel developing 445 hp at rpm. The M860semi-trailer is hauled by the M983 HEMTT truck, the dumdums holders are mounted on the aft side of the caravan.
The M860 caravan is a two-axle caravan with turntable steering on which the turntable steering has an automatic locking point to prop in reversing operations.
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