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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 07:17 PM
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Patriot missle accident

US Patriot missile hits Qatar farmlands

BY PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer Tue Oct 16, 2:24 PM ET

WASHINGTON - A U.S. Patriot missile was accidentally fired from a military base in Qatar, its debris hitting a nearby farm, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 07:19 PM
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1. No problem as long as there aren't any slow flying planes
or choppers anyplace in sight
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 07:24 PM
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2. I saw this earlier and it reminded me of a long-ago incident...
I was TDA on the USS Rathburn, a destroyer escort (since de-commissioned).

We were conducting anti-submarine drills in WestPac and were prepared to engage a dummy sub with an armed ASROC missle.

So we found the dummy and fired one off. Those babies would arc out a several miles, punch in and head for the nearest large chunk of metal.

That rocket hit the water, searched around, and headed straight back at us.

Priceless.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 07:32 PM
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3. Gotta stop using those inflatable subs for practice
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-17-07 10:12 AM
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4. Kick! n/t
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