At 04:28 AM 3/25/99 -0800, mark@unicorn.com wrote:
>EvMick@aol.com wrote:
>>The Patriot comes to mind...as well as the Ageis systems
>
>Patriot worked really well for propaganda on CNN; it was only years later
>that they admitted that it didn't hit a single Scud in the Gulf War. Aegis
>I might be wrong about, I don't know how well that's working.
The Patriot is not supposed to hit anything. It is an area effect weapon with a proximity fuse. This may be a compensation for the inability of its guidance system to physically intercept the incoming missile, but physical missile intercept is beyond its design specs anyway.
-James Rogers
jamesr@best.com