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Alright, here's a more recent one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Riyadh_missile_strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Riyadh_missile_strike "However,
by Animatronio 3y ago
Alright, here's a more recent one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Riyadh_missile_strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Riyadh_missile_strike
"However, according to Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at CNS, the Saudis failed to intercept the missiles following a malfunction of the MIM-104 Patriot system.[3] One video appeared to show a Patriot missile launch on Sunday night go rapidly wrong, with the missile changing course midair, crashing into a neighborhood in Riyadh and exploding. Another appeared to detonate shortly after being launched in the Saudi capital. "
Pretty much the same failure mode as 30 years ago I would say, so maybe those ancient documents are still relevant today.
- JumpCrisscross 3y agoWe’re watching a hot war where old PATRIOT batteries are downing Russia’s newest missiles. Given that context, this looks more like user error by the Saudis than any shortcomings of the system.
- jasonwatkinspdx 3y agoAlso a poor example. The Saudi's are infamous for extremely poor training and readiness in there military forces. This is how they lost Abrams tanks in Yemen in a way that would never happen to US forces.