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1、TheUnintendedConsequencesofacareerinEngineeringOrHowtoendupamassmurdererwithouteventryingThePATRIOTSystem,andmypartinitStandsforPhasedArrayTracking,RadioInterceptOfTargetDesignedandbuiltatRaytheon,righthereinMassachusettsFirstbuiltasananti-aircraftmissilesystemModifiedtofunctionas
2、anAnti-BallisticMissilesystemDeployedduringtheFirstGulfWarinSaudiArabia,Kuwait,andIsraelWhatamIheretotalkabout?Here'swhatitlookslikeHowPATRIOTwasusedInitialinterceptionsofScudmissileswereverysuccessful,buttheyused4PATRIOTmissilesperScud–justtomakesureThiswasaproblem:Iraqhadhundred
3、sofScudmissiles,morethanallthePATRIOTmissilesreadytouse.So,tomakeinterceptionsmoreeconomical,modificationsweremadetohavethePATRIOTdisabletheScuds,ratherthandestroythemEveryeffortwasmadetofindanddestroythemobilelaunchers,withoutwhichtheScudswereuselessPATRIOTbatterieswerepermanentl
4、yplacedaroundsensitiveareas,mannedandrunning24/7,incaseofmissileattackHoweffectivewasit?Intheinitialtrials,extremelyIn'economy'mode,somewhatlesseffectiveThestrikesbythePATRIOTmissileswereskewedtowardsthefrontoftheScudTheideawastodisable/detonatethewarheadWorkedasplanned,mostly,but
5、thatleft2tonsofrocketstillfallingonthetargetIthelpedthattheScudscouldnotbeaimedwellWhendeployedtoIsrael,the'economy'modewaslesshelpfulasIsraelisadenselypopulatedarea.TheworstfailureoccurredFeb25,1991February26,1991WARINTHEGULF:ScudAttack;ScudMissileHitsaU.S.Barracks,Killing27ByR.W
6、.APPLEJr.,SpecialtoTheNewYorkTimesInthemostdevastatingIraqistrokeofthePersianGulfwar,anIraqimissiledemolishedabarrackshousingmorethan100AmericantroopsonMondaynight,killing27andwounding98,theAmericanmilitarycommandinRiyadhsaidearlytoday.Someofthosewholivedtherewerewomen,butamilitar
7、yspokesmansaidhedidnotknowwhetheranywomenwerekilledorwounded.Apoolreportsaidthebarrackshousedthe475thQuartermasterGroup,anArmyReserveunitbasedinFarrell,Pa.,asmalltownneartheOhiostateline.AtelevisioncorrespondentsaidhehadseenaPatriotdefensivemissileintercepttheSoviet-builtScud,amis
8、silethathasbeenfiredagainandagain
