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| Kuwait Shoots Down Iraqi Missile |
| 2003-04-01 |
| Reported in Al-Guardian 8:10 AM GMT An Iraqi missile was shot down by a Patriot missile battery before it reached Kuwait, a military spokesman said Tuesday. Good for both the Patriot system and the Kuwaitis. ``Our radars detected a missile launched by Iraq.... It was shot down in southern Iraq before it entered our airspace,'' the army's Lt. Col. Awad Metawtah told Kuwaiti television. He said a Patriot missile hit the Iraqi missile at 9:05 a.m. Sirens had sounded in Kuwait City, warning of what appeared to be at least the 17th missile that Iraq has fired at Kuwait since coalition troops invaded Iraq from Kuwait on March 20. Before dawn Tuesday, an explosion resounded across the Kuwaiti capital, but Metawtah said it apparently resulted from a false alarm. ``A watch center suspected an enemy object in the northern area,'' he told television at the time. ``An anti-missile missile was launched and exploded in the area.'' U.S. Patriot missile batteries have been guarding Kuwait against a series of Iraqi missile attacks. Good shooting, Awad! Keep it up. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 The Patriots have worked better that I expected against the al-Sammy, Frog, Scud, etc. The one that hit the pier next to the shopping mall was a Silkworm/Seersucker anti-shipping missile. Those fly low just above the water below Patriot level. Need to park a couple of warships in close to handle those until we clean out that area they are launched from. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-04-01 07:46:28 |