2 ROK STEADY - Eighth Army - U.S. Army

Fight Tonight
Master Sgt. Timothy Kinmon, uses one of the Reconfigurable Table Top Trainers, interactive computer-driven simulators, like those used at the Iron Horse
Battle Lab on Suwon Air Base, which provide effective training for the Patriot Missile Systems
ADA Battalion leverages
simulation technology
By Spc. Issac Castleberry
6-52nd Air Defense Artillery Public Affairs
For Soldiers from the 6th Battalion 52nd Air
Defense Artillery, what might seem like
this year’s best new video game actually
represents training that could mean the difference
between life or death.
A first in Korea, the 6-52nd Air Defense Artillery
has new equipment called the Reconfigurable
Table Top Trainer, or RT-3.
The RT-3 is a computer-based training system
that simulates the Patriot Air Defense System.
It provides simulations of Patriot tactical displays,
controls, indicators and manned stations
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and allows Air Defenders to practice destroying
enemy airborne threats.
The RT-3 can perform many tasks for Patriot
units looking to sharpen their skills.
Key among them is its ability to increase Air
Defenders lethality by providing hands-on equipment
training for several Patriot crews at the same
time in a controlled environment.
Realistic training is the system’s specialty. The
RT-3 can faithfully replicate the various environments
and situations that Air Defenders may well
encounter in combat, including 3-D images and