"Russia often mixes up how it attacks Ukraine with ballistic and cruise missiles - from firing decoys to tweaking trajectories midflight - and Kyiv says it's funneling that battlefield intel to US Patriot interceptor makers to inform upgrades for better performance. "They are trying to use different tactics and make some adjustments for their ballistic missiles," Yehor Cherniev, the deputy chairman of the Ukrainian parliamentary committee on national security, defense, and intelligence, said of the Russian strikes."
"He shared with Business Insider in an interview this week that Ukraine is relaying information about the strikes to the manufacturers of the Patriot interceptors - specifically, the PAC-3 missiles made by the American defense giant Lockheed Martin - so that the company can make adjustments to its munitions. A Lockheed Martin spokesperson declined to comment on foreign military activities but said that it is boosting production of its top Patriot interceptor while "accelerating upgrades to counter evolving threats.""
Russia employs varied tactics against Ukraine, including firing decoys and altering missile trajectories midflight, to complicate interception. Ukraine collects and forwards detailed engagement data to US Patriot interceptor manufacturers to inform PAC-3 upgrades and production changes. Lockheed Martin is increasing PAC-3 output and accelerating upgrades to address evolving threats. Ukraine operates only a handful of MIM-104 Patriot batteries, limiting its ballistic-missile defense capacity. Each PAC-3 interceptor costs about $3.7 million, making intercept engagements expensive and increasing the stakes when interceptors fail. Both sides are pursuing technological advantages to gain the upper hand.
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