Patriot Missile facts
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On February 25, 1991 28 US soldiers died when a previously reported software glitch in the Patriot Missile system's clock prevented it from shooting down an Iraqi SCUD missile. A software patch to fix it was released on the following day.
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In 2003 a USAF F-16 fought a battle with a US Army Patriot missile battery and won.
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The Patriot Missile, an 'Anti-Missile Missile', travels at 5 times the speed of sound.
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Unicor is a US government-owned corporation that employs prisoners to produce everything from solar panels, jeans, McDonalds uniforms and military electronics, including parts of Patriot Missiles. All for as little as 0.23 cents per hour.
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In early 1991, 28 U.S. soldiers were killed when a Patriot missile with a software error related to the handling of timestamps didn't launch at the right time to intersect a Scud missile. It missed by over 600 meters.
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A patriot missile was used to shoot down a $200 drone from Amazon
