PalpitationNo3106 t1_j1w65r4 wrote
Reply to comment by hipoetry in Is the random anti-air missile system near Great Falls a part of some air defense against another 9/11-sque attack? by pwn3dbyth3n00b
There are several on the south eastern side of the Anacostia. The Naval research labs has a couple, the Secret Service has a couple. The ones on Hummers are mostly Avengers (basically two four packs of stinger missiles) the others are NASAMS (a Norwegian anti-aircraft missile system) for all the money the US spends on weapons, we don’t have a natively developed SAM capability, so we use the Norwegian system to defend our capital. If you look closely, you can sometimes see Avenger systems scattered around town. I know the Naval Observatory has them, there are at least two on rooftops near the White House.
granulabargreen t1_j1wfqss wrote
NASAMS use American AMRAAM missiles so a large part is natively developed, not to mention patriot and the aforementioned stingers
toorigged2fail t1_j1wk8wd wrote
The Patriot system is American made, no?
hearshot t1_j1wshig wrote
> NASAMS
Co-developed with Raytheon so partially native.
paynesvilletoss t1_j1wswfd wrote
In addition to the other replies, the SM-6/RIM-174 also uses the AMRAAM seeker head and was developed domestically by Raytheon.
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