Meet the Patriot air-launched anti-ballistic missile

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One of Lockheed Martin's ultra-extreme innovations, the Patriot PAC-3 Air-Launched Hit-to-Kill (ALHTK) is an air-launched anti-ballistic missile that provides a highly effective platform that adds a great deal of range and effectiveness to hitting ballistic missiles once they are detected in an active theater.

The process required a strong and heavy fighter and a special launch pod for the Patriot, and of course the new F-15 radar with its powerful capabilities that allow all monitoring and tracking tasks quickly and transfer that data to the Patriot.

This wondrous combination allows for the interception of a ballistic missile in the launch stage or even a Boost-phase intercept & Termial-phase intercept.

The pod can be installed on the F-35 stealth aircraft, as it has formidable radar and thermo-optical detection systems that allow ballistic missile launches to be silently monitored and tracked from great distances.

Lockheed Martin has also proposed launching the air-launched PAC-3 missile for use in other aircrafts, such as the F-22 Raptor and P-8A Poseidon.