How to Fight with PATRIOT Missiles
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[28] FM 3-01.85 (2002), page 5-3 to 5-6
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[41] FM 3-01 (2020), pages 7-3 to 7-5
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[44] Studio (November 13, 2023), "Nothing Goes Unseen: Raytheon’s LTAMDS Radar Enhances Situational Awareness Amidst Increasing Aerial Threats", Shephard
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[47] FM 3-01 (2020), page 71, at anytime about 45 percent of the Patriot force is deployed in overseas locations