The U.S. Army might have
placed two Patriot missile batteries too close to each other in
Iraq, which may have contributed to the accidental destruction of
a U.S. plane, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The military didn’t know the close placement of radar sites
would create such high levels of electromagnetic activity that the
systems’ performance would be impaired, the newspaper said, citing
interviews with people involved and data from the equipment.
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The U.S. spent $3 billion after the 1991 Persian Gulf War to
upgrade the Patriot’s radar and guidance systems after it was
determined it wasn’t very effective against Iraqi Scud missiles,
the paper said.
The system’s lead contractor is Raytheon Co., while the PAC-3
missile used in the system is made by Lockheed Martin Corp., the
paper said.
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