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he PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 is a lower-tier MD
system that builds on the existing PATRIOT air and missile
defense infrastructure. Since the Gulf War, BMDO and the Army
have significantly increased the effectiveness of the PATRIOT
system. In the last few years we have fielded the PAC-2 Guidance
Enhanced Missile (GEM) to improve PATRIOT's accuracy against
short-range ballistic missiles. In addition, the PAC-3 Configuration
1 Air and Missile Defense System will soon be completely fielded
and we have begun to field the PAC-3 Configuration 2, which
uses both PAC-2 and GEM interceptors. It also incorporates
modifications to the radar, communications system, remote
launch capability, and other system improvements. 
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