Patriot was not designed to engage such targets. It might make a valiant effort, but it is outclassed. The closing velocity is too great for the system to respond. (It had a poor record against Scuds in Gulf War 2.) This may be less challenging for a PAC-3 missile variant, but I don't know if those had been provided to Ukraine.
Patriot was not designed to engage such targets. It might make a valiant effort, but it is outclassed. The closing velocity is too great for the system to respond. (It had a poor record against Scuds in Gulf War 2.) This may be less challenging for a PAC-3 missile variant, but I don't know if those had been provided to Ukraine.