The Center believes that, in the wake of the extraordinary success of the Patriot system in Israel and Saudi Arabia, the issue clearly is no longer whether anti-missile defenses can work.
Raytheon is the prime contractor for the PAC-2 Patriot system--much improved since its dismal accuracy in the Gulf war of 1991--and supplies an estimated 50% to 65% of the newer PAC-3 system.
Israel, which is widely believed to have nuclear capability, did not retaliate under pressure from the United States, which agreed to supply the Patriot missile system to the Jewish state for its defense.
And what - we can't leave out the terminal phase of missile defense, which is things like PAC-3, the Patriot Missile System, and the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense or THAAD, which would shoot down on a threat missile in the final phase of its flight.
Raytheon is marketing its Patriot air defense system throughout the region.
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Patriot seems to be the right system at the right time.
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By funding a modernized Patriot, our military will own a system that is interoperable with many other missile defense systems in our own arsenal and in the arsenals of our allies, allowing the United States to maximize its threat response capability.
The Patriot is an advanced surface-to-air missile system intended to defend against aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles.
Much like the U.S. Air Force F-16 program yielded greater quantity discounts through competition and earning its way into foreign air forces, the Army leveraged a steadily expanding community of Patriot partners to procure systems more economically while continually enhancing system performance and technology.
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The resulting global Patriot force now includes 11 other nations, allowing the cost burden for improving the system to be spread across the partners.
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PAC-3 (the forthcoming version of the Patriot missile, whose early model was tested during the 1991 Gulf war), and a naval system that might be on American ships by 2003.
Another misguided accusation in your report focused on the Patriot Act's Section 311, a significant tool that allows us to protect the United States' financial system from foreign financial institutions that facilitate money laundering or finance terrorism.
According to the Patriot, former Athletic Director Tim Curley and former Penn State President Graham Spanier were not members of the state pension system though Curley, who is on administrative leave at his own request, continues to draw a taxpayer-funded salary.
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