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Originally posted by Oni@24 March 2003 - 19:29
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The Tornado GR4 was 6 miles inside Kuwait when it was blown apart
by a US Patriot missile.
The aircraft was fitted wiht latest computer technology designed to
pervent a repeat of the "friendly fire" deaths that claimed nine british
lives in the last Gulf War.
Dozens of coalition aircraft were in the air when the GR4 was hit on its
desent towards the Ali-al Salem airbase at 2am local time (11pm GMT on
Saterday) After the Patriot was launched, the Tornado had no chance.
The missile travels at up to mach 5. The tornado would have been at
less than mach 1.
A joint RAF/US investigation will focus on why the Tornado's Identification
Friend or Foe (IFF) system failed to save the Tornado...
Oni :ph34r:
Combine this with the 101st Airborne incident at Camp Pennsylvania and you could almost get the idea something a little less obvious is afoot.