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From: smpod@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan)
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Subject: Re: Speed of SCUDs
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Date: 25 Jan 91 03:45:34 GMT
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From: smpod@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan)
In article dkrause@orion.oac.uci.edu (Doug Krause) writes...
/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.  Does anybody
/have the correct speed on these two missiles?

Sounds about right.  Remember that the old V2 speed was about Mach 5.