Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!think.com!mintaka!olivea!oliveb!veritas!amdcad!amdcad!military From: paj@gec-mrc.co.uk (paj) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Hi-Tech Scorecard Message-ID: <1991Apr12.055342.14539@amd.com> Date: 11 Apr 91 09:51:52 GMT Sender: military@amd.com Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Lines: 23 Approved: military@amd.com From: paj References: <1991Apr10.024450.21206@amd.com> fiddler@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) wrote: >Haven't seen any of the flying-into-the-ground video [on Patriot launches] I have. It was on the BBC a few times. A number of Patriots went up. One of them slewed over to the right, hit the ground and exploded. Looking at the sillouettes of buildings in front of the explosion, it looked big enough to demolish a house or two. Since the Patriot warhead is an outsized fragmentation grenade, I would not want to be near one when it went off. You know how roman candles shoot small flares a few meters into the air, but some only go up a foot or two? Well thats just what it looked like. -- Paul Johnson UUCP: !mcvax!ukc!gec-mrc!paj GEC-Marconi Research is not | Telex: 995016 GECRES G | Tel: +44 245 73331 responsible for my opinions. | Inet: paj@gec-mrc.co.uk | Fax: +44 245 75244