Comment Re:SCUD missiles @ Gulf (Score 4) 356
Actually, in fact, not one SCUD was shot down by a Patriot missle. The simple fact is the SCUDs were built during World War II and litterally
fell apart in the air.
This is, in fact, incorrect. We were walking across an open field in Daharan SA the first time I ever heard a patriot missile fire (probably the loudest noise you're ever likely to hear). Being the idiot that I am I stood there and watched the missle as it tracked and then exploded close enough to a scud missle to knock it out of the air. As someone else mentioned it didn't destroy the missile but it did knock it out of the air causing the warhead (probably the second loudest sound you're ever likely to hear) to land in an unpopulated area. In this incident and serveral others that I witnessed later in the war the patriot never actually "hit" the incomming missile but they always caused enough damage to stop them from flying, which I guess is good enough.
fell apart in the air.
This is, in fact, incorrect. We were walking across an open field in Daharan SA the first time I ever heard a patriot missile fire (probably the loudest noise you're ever likely to hear). Being the idiot that I am I stood there and watched the missle as it tracked and then exploded close enough to a scud missle to knock it out of the air. As someone else mentioned it didn't destroy the missile but it did knock it out of the air causing the warhead (probably the second loudest sound you're ever likely to hear) to land in an unpopulated area. In this incident and serveral others that I witnessed later in the war the patriot never actually "hit" the incomming missile but they always caused enough damage to stop them from flying, which I guess is good enough.
