3 December 2017
Analysis
Inside Patriot: missile defence in the spotlight
By Claire Apthorp
On the frontlines of the ever more dangerous border between South and North Korea stands a battery of US-built Patriot missile systems. As the world waits to see whether raucous rhetoric will spill over into war, Claire Apthorp ask what the Patriots are designed to do, and whether it will be enough.
The increased pace of ballistic missile testing by the regime in North Korea has forced countries in the region to look at how they can best deter the activity in the short term and protect against an attack or accidental missile strike in the future.
http://www.army-technology.com/features/inside-patriot-missile-defence-spotlight/
