海湾战争后不久,美军便着手建立战区反导防御体系,以便有效地对付日趋严重的战术弹道导弹的威胁。美军的基本设想是利用“萨德”导弹系统拦截来袭高空目标,用“爱国者”第三次改型PAC-3导弹系统拦截低空目标。美国雷西昂公司研制的“爱国者“第二次改型PAC-2导弹系统曾因在海湾战争中的出色表现而名噪 Shortly after the Gulf War, the United States military set about establishing a theater anti-missile defense system in order to effectively deal with the increasingly serious threat of tactical ballistic missiles. The basic idea of ​​the U.S. military is to use the “Saad” missile system to intercept high-altitude targets and use the “Patriot” third modified PAC-3 missile system to intercept low-altitude targets. The second modification of the Patriot PAC-2 missile system developed by the US company Resion was famous for its outstanding performance in the Gulf War