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Patriot PAC-3 Missile

High(63)
defense•missile_defense•Lockheed Martin

Advanced surface-to-air missile defense system

Product Risk Score

63High

Aggregate Supply Security

Allied: 20.0%
Neutral: 12.0%
Adversary: 68.0%

Weakest Link

This element poses the highest supply chain risk for this product.

31Ga

Gallium

seeker

88
Risk Score
96
China Dep.
96
Adversary
1%
Allied

RF seeker electronics

Overall Risk

63

high risk

Critical Elements

9

unique elements used

High Risk Elements

3

score ≥ 70

Critical Dependencies

3

high-risk primary uses

Country Exposure

Average supply chain exposure across all critical elements used in this product.

China
104.2%
14 elems
United States
19.3%
10 elems
Russia
3.5%
7 elems
Belgium
3.3%
3 elems
Tajikistan
3.2%
2 elems
Australia
2.0%
3 elems
Mozambique
2.0%
2 elems
Japan
1.7%
4 elems

Elements by Component

airframe

Low(26)
AlTi51

warhead

High(72)
W72

guidance

Low(39)
SmNd77

seeker

Medium(58)
Ge56Ga88Be30

propulsion

High(67)
Sb67

Element Dependencies

31Ga

Gallium

Primaryseeker
Critical(88)
Overall Risk:88
China:96

RF seeker electronics

60Nd

Neodymium

Primaryguidance
High(77)
Overall Risk:77
China:80

Servo motor magnets

74W

Tungsten

Primarywarhead
High(72)
Overall Risk:72
China:87

Kinetic warhead penetrator

51Sb

Antimony

propulsion
High(67)
Overall Risk:67
China:69

Flame retardants, alloys

32Ge

Germanium

Primaryseeker
Medium(56)
Overall Risk:56
China:65

Infrared seeker optics

22Ti

Titanium

Primaryairframe
Medium(51)
Overall Risk:51
China:50

High-strength structural components

4Be

Beryllium

seeker
Low(30)
Overall Risk:30
China:23

Structural windows and components

13Al

Aluminium

Primaryairframe
Minimal(0)
Overall Risk:N/A
China:N/A

Missile body and fins

62Sm

Samarium

Primaryguidance
Minimal(0)
Overall Risk:N/A
China:N/A

Guidance system magnets

Risk Distribution

Elements by Risk Level

critical1
high3
medium2
low1
minimal2

Usage Classification

Primary Use7
Secondary Use2

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