Sweden Declares First Of Four Patriot Batteries Operational

Patriot
The Patriot system was handed over to Sweden at a ceremony in November.
Credit: U.S. Army/Sgt. 1st Class Terrance D. Rhodes
Sweden has made operational the first of its U.S.-supplied Patriot ground-based air and missile defense systems. Stockholm declared an initial operational capability (IOC) for the Patriot system in mid-December after a series of exercises to test the system. This was preceded by delivery of the...

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