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This is an important point. While attention is usually focused on a new interceptor, its performance & potential, what often gets overlooked is the incremental enhancements made to the overall system to prepare for the new missile, or to keep pace with the threat. See 📸👇 
👆was published in the mid 1990s just as PATRIOT was preparing to introduce the PAC-3. As included in the paper, at the time, one of the biggest gains was the ability to emplace launchers up to 30 km from the RS. The Army's IAMD-BCS #IBCS extends that to 150 km via IFCN relays.
Wish I could share some of my past threads on this capability. Here's a snippet of what this capability (IBCS / IFCN relays) does to Army's Air and Missile Defense capability. A-IAMD is essentially fully replacing PATRIOT. I'll post more below.
Rozpoczyna siÄ™ blok prezentacyjny: Modernizacja wojsk obrony powietrznej | #Defence24 #Defence24Day #D24Day
Prezentują: gen. bryg. K. Dyński (@DGeneralneRSZ), prof. dr hab. inż. R. Beck (@CEZAMAT_), P. Kowalczuk (@pkowalczuk_opl | @PGZ_MESKO_SA), C. R. Johnson II (@northropgrumman), M. Borejko (@PGZ_pl), B. Wigton (@RaytheonDefense), | #Defence24 #Defence24Day #D24Day
@DGeneralneRSZ @CEZAMAT_ @pkowalczuk_opl @PGZ_MESKO_SA @northropgrumman @PGZ_pl @RaytheonDefense Trwa prezentacja gen. bryg. K. Dyński (@DGeneralneRSZ) | #Defence24 #Defence24Day #D24Day
