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Another terrible tragedy caused by a software error: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot#Failure_at_Dhahran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Pat
by primitivesuave 13y ago
Another terrible tragedy caused by a software error:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot#Failure_at_Dhahran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot#Failure_at_Dha...
Over 100 hours, the system's internal clock drifted by a third of a second, which was enough to introduce a significant error into the Patriot missile defense system. They updated the software the next day when the error caused 28 soldiers to lose their lives.
- agilebyte 13y agoThe error contributed, SCUD missile caused.
- spingsprong 13y agoThe Patriot missile probably would have failed to destroy the Scud even without the error. The Patriot was designed to shoot down aircraft, but ballistic missiles fly much faster than an aircraft, and the warhead fusing system they had back then was too slow. Most Patriots detonated behind the Scuds they were targeting.
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