The Patriot Missile System

question 24

Multiple Choice

The Patriot missile system

• A) was designed to shoot down airplanes.
• B) failed to shoot down a Scud missile that killed 28 U.S. soldiers in the Gulf War.
• C) failed because it had been left running too long.
• D) failed because of a computer error.
• E) All of the above

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