Word: scud
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...allied pilots continued to do major damage to Iraqi positions, knocking out a Scud launcher, sinking a patrol boat and raining shellfire on troops. A major Bagdad bridge that crosses the Tigris River was destroyed, killing and injuring many civilians, Iraq said...
Sales of chemical suits, which allegedly protect against the gases contained in SCUD missiles, have also jumped. The suits are currently selling at four to five times their normal rate, Koster said...
...sophisticated phased-array radar consisting of more than 5,000 radar antenna elements that can detect and track 100 targets at a time and follow any given one far more rapidly than the rotating cone of conventional radar. But the system had never been tested against a Scud...
...first week of the war, the Patriot performed better than had been expected, hitting 95% of its targets as opposed to the 60% experts had predicted. But the system, which was designed as an antiaircraft weapon and later modified to shoot down missiles, is not infallible. Many of the Scuds that got through last week were actually struck by Patriots but not destroyed. Investigators say part of the problem seems to be that Scuds tend to break up as they re-enter the atmosphere. In at least one case, a Patriot struck the tail end of a disintegrating Scud, leaving...
...dependent on advanced electronics and jewel- like engineering is that when such systems encounter unexpected trouble they usually do not just slow down; they crash. The Pentagon has not shown any TV pictures of "smart" bombs flying a perfect path into the side of a camel. But as the Scud hits have demonstrated, mistakes do happen. One aircraft expert says the desert sand has wreaked havoc with the British Tornado jets, lodging in the turbine engine blades and melting into glass. If blades on U.S. jets are faring better, it may be because enginemakers imported tons of Saudi sand...