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asif iqbal

Lieutenant General
I dont think the Patriot is the issue, the issues is the monkeys who man them

they probably were unaware how to operate the system
 

silentlurker

Junior Member
Registered Member
Global Patriot™ Solutions is a missile defense system ... working together to detect, identify and defeat tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, drones, advanced aircraft and other threats.

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vincent

Grumpy Old Man
Staff member
Moderator - World Affairs
Going full automation where there are civilian flights. How idiotic is that?
 

plawolf

Lieutenant General
You will have to be stupid to operate SAMs on automatic mode in peacetime.

Even in wartime there is hardly any reason to ever operating in such a mode. Not unless you are in so much trouble that you know turning on your radar is pretty much a suicide mission, so you set the system on automatic mode and high tail out of there before enemy SEAD/DEAD assets obliterate the SAM site, and just hope it managed to fire off some missiles and shoot something down before it was toasted.
 
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