Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: swilliam@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Williams) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Speed of SCUDs Message-ID: <1991Jan23.042637.6756@cbnews.att.com> Date: 23 Jan 91 04:26:37 GMT References: <1991Jan21.041012.5124@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: David Taylor Research Center, Bethesda, MD Lines: 12 Approved: military@att.att.com From: swilliam@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Williams) In article <1991Jan21.041012.5124@cbnews.att.com> dkrause@orion.oac.uci.edu (Doug Krause) writes: >From: Doug Krause >I read in the paper that the Iraqi modified SCUDs (Al-Hussein and >Al-Abbass?) have a speed of Mach 5. This seems excessive since >our Patriot system is supposed to "only" go Mach 3. No problem. The Patriot anti-missile missile simply meets the Scuds "head-on." That is, the Patriot missile flies toward the oncoming Scud.