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Baroque Bloke |
I don’t recall hearing of a Patriot shooting down an aircraft before. Makes sense though – a jet fighter, at high altitude, would be an easier target than a hyper velocity missile. “The Israeli military says it has shot down a Syrian fighter jet that entered its airspace. The military says it monitored the advance of the Syrian Sukhoi fighter jet Tuesday and shot it down with a pair of Patriot missiles after it entered Israeli airspace by about two kilometers…” https://www.google.com/amp/s/a...4f61b6b4dc3c587e3bb8 Edit: I’m surprised that they fired two Patriot missiles. They’re expensive, and I’d think one would do the job. Serious about crackers | ||
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Israel has used the PATRIOT system to shoot down two unmanned vehicles previously, and one SU-24 in 2014. | |||
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| Big Stack |
The Patriot was originally designed to shoot down aircraft, NOT ballistic missiles. The Army tried to modify it to do so, with, at best, limited success. The latest version, the PAC 3 uses a missile specifically designed to shoot down ballistic missiles. I don't know if that has ever been used in combat. | |||
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Rule #1: Use enough gun |
Good shooting, Tex! When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed. Luke 11:21 "Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." -- George W. Bush | |||
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I'm guessing the Israelis "upgraded" the Patriots for dual-purpose, would make sense...if you have a pretty significant investment in anti-missile batteries, why not also use it as anti-aircraft. ...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV | |||
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Low Speed, High Drag |
Two is one and one is none....... "Blessed is he who when facing his own demise, thinks only of his front sight.” Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem Montani Semper Liberi | |||
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Official Space Nerd |
Patriot is a SAM, intended from the very beginning to use against aircraft. It replaced the Hawk missile system in this role. Most people know of them from the first Gulf War when we tried to shoot down Scud missiles with them. So, in this case, the missile did what it was always designed to do. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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Mensch |
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bigboreshooter: Good shooting, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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Bolt Thrower |
Well that's reasonable. | |||
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eh-TEE-oh-clez |
There's also a demilitarization zone along the border. So, the plane was already violating treaty by being in the demilitarization zone, and then became an agressor by crossing over to Israeli airspace. | |||
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Equal Opportunity Mocker |
That's what happens when you're reading Goat Hustler instead of monitoring the plane's GPS, Mohammed. "I never thought it would happen to me...." ________________________________________________ "You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving." -Dr. Adrian Rogers | |||
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| Power is nothing without control |
If I’m not mistaken, the standard practice with the Patriot system is to fire two missiles per target. This is because, by the time the first missile has reached the target, it may be too late for a second to be fired and still get to the target if the first one fails. So, they fire two and self destruct the second if the first one hits. At least, that is the process for shooting down other missiles. It may not be necessary with something slower like a plane. My source here is a PAC3 promotional video, so take that into account. - Bret | |||
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| It's not you, it's me.  |
I'm more surprised that Syria still has warplanes. | |||
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Raptorman |
They have one less now. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
Blue On Blue How Did An Army Patriot Missile Battery Shoot Down A Navy F-18? British: Two Killed as U.S. Patriot Shot Down Fighter Jet Eventually the F-16s got pissed and "HARM'ed" the offending Patriot Radar. That Time an Air Force F-16 and an Army Missile Battery Fought Each Other - US Fighter pilots feared flawed air-defense system | |||
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The Russians do. | |||
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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
That's OK. The Israelis aren't Turks. | |||
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| Live Slow, Die Whenever  |
Lol  "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them." - John Wayne in "The Shootist" | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
If one is good, two is better.  That maxim holds true for many things. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
I knew these twin sisters . . . הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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