“During Desert Storm the Israelis accused the Patriot missile defense system of ‘missing’ an inbound Scud missile directed at Israel.”<\/i><\/p>\n
This is not the truth, and it’s a sad statement on the ethics of the Israeli government as it resulted in the deaths of 17 of it’s citizens. <\/p>\n
The truth is that the Israeli government ordered the U.S. crew manning the battery to turn it off so they could conduct a live test of an anti-missile system of their own. <\/p>\n
And the Israelis missed, but before the Patriot system could be rebooted, the inbound Scud had struck and kill 17 Israelis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“During Desert Storm the Israelis accused the Patriot missile defense system of ‘missing’ an inbound Scud missile directed at Israel.” This is not the truth, and it’s a sad statement on the ethics of the Israeli government as it resulted…<\/span><\/p>\n