Patriot missile system deployed with flaws -report

[DuctapeFatwa]

The U.S. Army deployed the Patriot missile system in Iraq before fixing problems that may have caused it to mistakenly shoot down non-enemy aircraft, weapons experts told CBS news program "60 Minutes" in a segment to be broadcast on Sunday.

Problems, including a computer "glitch", may have caused a U.S. Patriot missile battery to shoot down a British Tornado fighter plane in March and a U.S. F-18 plane in April, killing its pilot, the program will report.

Also in March, a U.S. F-16 pilot was forced to shoot at a Patriot battery after he received a signal that led him to believe he was about to be fired upon.

http://www.forbes.com/home_europe/newswire/2004/02/20/rtr1269997.html

[central scrutinizer]

1. what was he worried about?

Post-war analysis of gulf war I data couldn't prove that any Patriot missile ever hit a single Scud missile - all of the gushing reports during the war about how great it was were hype, just like the smart bombs and surgical strikes.