Patriot Missiles With New Software to Down Russia’s Hypersonic Kinzhal Missile
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6EZMH)
Lockheed CEO James Taiclet said Ukrainian forces the Patriot-invented in the 1970s but upgraded many times to shoot down a Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile. This was done in May, 2023. Software upgrades can sometimes enable an existing system to deal with a more advanced threats. The Defense Department is still holding too many competitions in ...