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The Launch Pad's PAC-3 is a 1/3.858 scale flying mode of the replacement for the Patriot missile.

The Patriot Advanced Capability (formerly "ERINT" - Extended Range Interceptor) replaces the Patriot missile which was used in the Persian Gulf War to intercept incoming Iraqui SCUDs. The original Patriot was designed to destroy aircraft and not missiles. Its warhead was designed to detonate near the target deploying high-speed shrapnel to destroy an enemy aircraft. Against missiles, this proved inadequate. In some cases, pieces of the SCUD hit on or near its target anyway. This new Patriot is designed to actually strike the target in flight enabling its smaller warhead to detonate internally, doing much more damage and disabling the target aircraft or missile completely.

The real missile is 5.01 meters long and 25.5 cm in diameter. The Launch Pad's PAC-3 is one of the tallest rockets The Launch Pad has ever offered. It's built light, so, even at 51 inches in height, it can still be flown on small fields with a D12-3 motor. But its best performance is with the beefier, reloadable E18 or F24 motors. For a realistic, high-speed takeoff, try a single-use E30.