驻在欧洲的美国陆军在年初就应当有其第一批雷声公司的爱国者防空导弹系统在德国的南部投入服役。但在1983年8月的作战实验之后暴露了设备可使用性、训练的有效性及系统支援方面的重要缺点,因此,部署的日期就推迟了。使用生产型硬设备及由美 The U.S. Army stationed in Europe at the beginning of this year should have its first Raytheon Patriot anti-aircraft missile system in service in southern Germany. However, after the operational test in August 1983 revealed significant shortcomings in equipment availability, training effectiveness and system support, the deployment date was postponed. Use of production-based hardware and equipment by the United States