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Re:Failed intercept at Dhahran caused by a software error in... by sharemywin on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @04:44PM (#16487329)
The Patriot system was originally designed to operate in Europe against Soviet medium- to high-altitude aircraft and cruise missiles traveling at speeds up to about MACH 2 (1500 mph). To avoid detection it was designed to be mobile and operate for only a few hours at one location.

http://archive.gao.gov/t2pbat6/145960.pdf

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dug into reference 48 from Wikipedia which referenced this article which I did a search on google.

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Re:Failed intercept at Dhahran caused by a software error in... by michaelmrose on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @06:58PM (#16488444)
The fact that the bug manifests after a longer than normal period of operation doesn't ex post facto make it not a bug. If you add 2 and 2 and get 42 you failed.

It is however a good explanation why it remained undetected.

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