The Secret Weapon Inside Patriot PAC-3 Missiles!

Have you ever wondered what makes the Patriot PAC-3 missiles so effective? In this video, we unveil the secret weapon hidden within these missiles – the lethality enhancer. Join us as we explore how this small explosive charge enhances the chances of hitting and killing targets. Discover how it creates a cloud of metal fragments, acting as shrapnel to damage or destroy the target. We delve into its importance against air-breathing targets like cruise missiles, and explore the agile design and control capabilities of the PAC-3 missiles. Don't miss this intriguing insight into advanced missile technology!

[YankeeBigBird]

"Act like shrapnel", which is shrapnel....

[arnoldnofuente]

Yes...no more to hide...
"Secret no more"

[revolvermaster]

I thought almost all surface to air missiles for the last 70+ years did this with frag or expanding rod

[warpdriveby]

Lmao, "act like shrapnel"? They are the exact literal definition of SHRAPNEL!

[abm]

This device is used since WW2 in AA projectiles. Proximity fuse is how its called!

[jamesjdm]

When I eat taco bell I have a leathality enhancer in me

[yellowboxster]

A proximity sensor by any other name. Some low cost missiles use Neon Flash systems to keep it simple.

[Registered_Google_User]

The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't, by subtracting where it is, from where it isn't, or where it isn't, from where it is, whichever is greater, it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance sub-system uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is, to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position where it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event of the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has required a variation. The variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too, may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computance scenario works as follows: Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is, however it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subracts where it should be, from where it wasn't, or vice versa. By differentiating this from the algebraic sum og where it shouldn't be, and where it was. It is able to obtain a deviation, and a variation, which is called "air"

[RandleBeckford]

lethality enhancer is how Raytheon charge an extra 35, 000 dollars, no way would anyone pay that if they just called it shrapnel.

[gudshepherd]

1 battery cost damn near 1b. 982m with an additional 96 rockets to reload at 500m! Wowzerz!

[yojimbo]

"Lethality Enhancer" LOL which marketing genius came up with that one? It's called a proximity fuse.

[edwinpadilla]

I LOVE THE PATRIOTS. THEY ARE A LIFESAVER !!!

[schwartzseymour]

That video has been very informative, thank you.
- KGB

[plemdesword]

Guys, I'm in Kyiv, Ukraine. I express gratitude from the whole city that your Patriot system covers. Thank you and God bless you

[thecabbagefarmer]

Lethality enhancer, sounds like a drink 😂

[CSM-]

During Desert Storm the first Patriots would destroy the body of the SCUD leaving the warhead in tact. That is why the additional lethality package.

[diehardfan]

You don’t kill objects… You destroy them…

[КостянтинМилейко]

Hello from Ukraine. I would like to thank the Americans for these wonderful systems. After we received them, the destruction in my city became much less, and people stopped being afraid to sleep at night.

Whatever some idiots say in the comments, we saw how they work at night, how to intercept dozens of missiles, and how they save people's lives.

Thanks to the Americans for helping us, we will never forget this.

[RespectFromBothSides]

Bro this guy knows more then the government

[chinsongsim]

the problem is it missed by a great margin