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Military Weapons Air Defense Artillery

Weapons used by the U.S. Armed Forces
Air Defense Artillery

Avenger
A gyro-stabilized air defense turret mounted on a modified heavy High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
(HMMWV). The turret has two Stinger missile launcher pods

Patriot
Consists of a phased array radar set (RS), and engagement control station (ECS), an electric power plant,
an antenna mast group (AMG), a communications relay group (CRG), and up to eight launching stations (LS)