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Number 1 I can't offer any comment. I didn't delve too much into the programming of the missile though I have a similar recollection regarding the bug listed in
by dmourati 13y ago
Number 1 I can't offer any comment. I didn't delve too much into the programming of the missile though I have a similar recollection regarding the bug listed in the OP.
As to two, yes, I think that makes a lot of sense. One other "success" mode of the Patriot was to explode and turn the scud in to many fragments (de facto fragmentation bomb). These fragments in turn could (and in some cases did) reach or approximate their initial target and do massive damage in excess of a single scud hit.
- ttctciyf 13y agoThanks for the reply!
- dmourati 13y agoThanks for yours. Some more data: McPeak's data, drawn from a variety of coalition sources, indicates that between January 18 and February 26, 1991, 40 Scuds were launched against Israel and 46 against Saudi Arabia. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/weapons/scud.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/weapons/scud.ht...