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Pentagon Seeks to Speed Up Patriot Production


(Washington Post) - Top Pentagon officials, worried about the vulnerability of U.S. troops to Iraqi Scuds and other short-range ballistic missiles, want to speed up production of an advanced version of the Patriot system, the PAC-3, despite a series of test failures earlier this year. If President Bush orders an invasion of Iraq, additional Patriot batteries armed with whatever PAC-3s are available are expected to be among the first units deployed.
2002-10-31 00:00:00
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