Patriot PAC-3
Medium-range air and missile defense
Defence System
Primary US Army air defense. PAC-3 MSE variant extends range and altitude. Deployed at US Gulf bases and in Israel.
← Coalition Defence Systems 
Specifications
| Classification | Medium-range air and missile defense |
| Operator | United States / Saudi Arabia / Kuwait / others |
| Developer | Raytheon / Lockheed Martin |
| Also known as | Patriot, MIM-104 Patriot |
| Range | 160 km |
| Kill Mechanism | Hit-to-kill (PAC-3) / blast-frag (PAC-2 GEM+) |
| Intercept Phase | endoatmospheric (terminal) |
| Intercept Altitude | 3–35 km |
| Target Types | SRBM, cruise_missile, aircraft, UAV |
| First Operational | 2,002 |
| First Combat Use | 2003 (Iraq War) |