Lockheed Martin unveiled a new, cheaper version of its Patriot air defense interceptor at the Farnborough International Airshow, announcing that the PAC-3 Adapted Capability Effector, known as PAC-3 ACE, will cost less than half as much per unit as the missile it’s designed to complement, the PAC-3 MSE, which runs roughly $4 million per round […]

Poland’s defense ministry has officially confirmed something that had already leaked out through a heated domestic political scandal: Warsaw sent Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine, Polish outlet Defence24 reported, citing a special press conference where officials laid out declassified details of years of military aid to Kyiv. Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz […]

Ukraine’s air force failed to shoot down a single Russian ballistic missile during a massive overnight bombardment of Kyiv on July 6, 2026, a gap in the country’s defenses that officials directly attributed to a critical shortage of interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defense system, Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi reported, citing the Air Force’s own […]