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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: SCUD Intercepted!
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Date: 5 Feb 91 04:25:27 GMT
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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
In article <1991Feb4.062022.19173@cbnews.att.com>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>
>(Side observation:  it occurred to me a few days ago that Patriot, meant
>to be the US Army's definitive heavy antiaircraft system, may never be
>allowed to shoot at an aircraft!  There are lots of systems that can
>shoot down aircraft; Patriots are too valuable for missile defence to
>be wasted on planes.)

Horse hockey. Su-24 comes in to make a runway attack, it will get shot at by
whatever can be thrown at it. You don't know if it has chemicals or a lot of
bombs. You don't take the chance, either.

 Doug Mohney, Operations Manager, CAD Lab/ME, Univ. of Maryland College Park
	        *       Ray Kaplan for DECUS president     *
                          SYSMGR@CADLAB.ENG.UMD.EDU