Detect & warn
MWS / RWR
Missile & Radar Warning
Baseline sensors for threat warning on the platform
Missile Warning Systems detect the plume of an incoming missile; Radar Warning Receivers detect a radar lock. Both are blind to cold, non-targeting threats such as drones and transiting cruise missiles.
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- MWS
- IR signature of a missile motor
- RWR
- Radar emissions aimed at the own aircraft
Limitation
- Gap
- No detection of drones or non-locking threats
News archive 1
Analysed reports from the RU Mil Tracker about this system, newest first. Archive since 2026-07-17.
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Ukraine still waiting almost a month for Hegseth's sign-off on allied-funded Patriot and NASAMS interceptors, now the last remaining US hold, as Kyiv also presses Lockheed Martin for PAC-3 MSE and F-16 repairs
On 26 October President Zelensky said Ukraine has been waiting 'almost a month' for US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to sign off on missiles for its Patriot and NASAMS systems, and that he had instructed his team to raise the matter with Washington once again, Ukrainska Pravda and Euromaidan Press report. He spoke after a coordination meeting with the defe…