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A Patriot battery operator at an undisclosed location within U.S. Central Command in 2023. Photo: Alexander Cook/DVIDS
The demand for U.S. Army overhead defenses will not "be letting up anytime soon," a top Army leader said Tuesday night at an Axios Future of Defense event in Huntsville, Alabama.
Why it matters: Missile defense is hot right now, from the defense of Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar — during which the single largest Patriot salvo was launched — to the service's quadrupling of its PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement acquisition goal.
