PAC-3 MSE
A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptor system, such as the one pictured here, successfully destroyed a Juno target vehicle provided by Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center, during a test of the U.S. Army Lower Tier Project Office Patriot missile defense system at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Dec. 10, 2015. The Patriot Target Vehicle, also known as Juno, was designed to provide a realistic threat target. SMC's Rocket Systems Launch Program and its mission partners re-utilizes excess motors from ICBMs for U.S. government research, development, test and evaluation efforts. The Juno PTV incorporates two solid rocket motors from the LGM-30F Minuteman II weapon system, which was retired in 1994.
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