Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Patriot Missile Myth (was re: Perot)y
From: fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu
Date: 15 Sep 92 07:04:55 EST
Organization: Wright State University 

In article <jayson.03ja@tbag.tscs.com>, jayson@tbag.tscs.com (Jayson Phillips) writes:
>  
>  5 Sep 1992 mikeh@starnine.com (Mike Haas) writes:
>  
>>Oh... now the liberals are saying that the Patriot didn't hit a
>  
> "Liberal"  comes  from "liberty" which means freedom.  I belive in freedom,
> unlike certain authority-worshipers with network TV educations.
>  
>>SINGLE scud!  The number keeps getting lower and lower!  Next, it
>>will be negative!
>>
>>What nonsense!  (unsustantiated nonsense)
>  
> Patriot Missile success is a myth and your ignorance is astounding:

	Yes, and your reading more socalist propaganda from the democratic
	party...

> The  US  Army's Patriot missiles missed many of the Iraqi missiles that the
> US  thought  they  had  shot  down  during the Gulf War, according to a new
> analysis.   Iraqi's  modified  Scud  missile,  called  the  Al-Husayn,  was
> difficult  to hit because it was so unstable that it broke into pieces when

	Seriously, from what I have read, the patriot doesn't 'hit' the
	other missle,  It ejects shrapnel close to the enemy missle that
	pierces the missle, hopefully causing it to explode or go off course.

	The patriot missle was not designed to defend cities, it was designed
	to deflect incoming missles enough for them not to hit their 
	intended tactical targets.  It was the only thing close to a strategic
	defense weapon we apparently have.

	You can read these 'facts' in 'Aviation Week.'

	
> it reentered the atmosphere, creating a confusing barrage of debris.
>  
> Ted Postol, a professor at MIT, re-examined the Patriot's war record at the
> request  of  a  Congressional  committee.   He found that deploying Patriot
> missiles  defences  did  not reduce damage during Iraq's missile attacks on
> Israel and Saudi Arabia.

	'did not reduce damage' to what?  the scud missle?.  If you're going
	to throw facts around, be concise.
>  
> Postol  then  examined  videotapes recored by TV journalists that seemed to
> show  the  Patriot  missiles  successfully intercepting Al-Husayn missiles.

	How did he know how close the missles got?  TV is 2-dimensional.
	If you know, tell me.

> Paytheon,  the Patriot's manufacturer, has used this footage to promote its
> missile.   Incoming Iraqi missiles are visible on the videotapes because of
> their velocity, about two metres per second, {that must be a mistype in the
> article,  I  expect  it  should be two kilometers per second W.} makes them
> glow  incandescently  as they re-enter the athmosphere.  The videotape also
> captures the explosions of the Patriot interceptors.

	You, have to decide whether this evidence is really showing proof
	of failure of the missles intended purpose.  It is not a failure
	if it did what it was supposed to do.  You can't say it was a
	failure because it did something half-assed that it wasn't 
	designed for.  Heck I would call that a bonus if it did. 
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