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AUSA Global: Army steps up timetable to link THAAD and Patriot

2nd April 2018 - 18:00 GMT | by Ashley Roque in Huntsville

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The US Army is accelerating plans to integrate the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar with the lower-tier Patriot system to better protect troops and assets from incoming missiles.

Speaking with reporters 28 March during the AUSA Global Force conference, senior Army leaders laid out plans to link the two systems and get it into the field two years sooner than expected. 

‘I think what the emphasis has been on, “What can we improve more rapidly just based on the current situation?”’ explained Barry Pike, the program executive officer at PEO Missiles and Space. He noted that the move came,

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