Have Rockets, Will Quarrel

... interceptor weighs in at just over 300kg. The Patriot carries 16 of them, instead of the original four. However, their low range means that they have to be used for shooting aerodynamic targets with older modifications. 3 . Just like the U.S. continental missile defence system, which only has around 40 that are capable of bringing down ICBMs, Ground-Based Interceptors, it cannot neutralize the potential of China’s strategic nuclear weapons, not to mention those of Russia.