Patriot and Avenger Reset

摘要

At the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, coalition forces repeatedly relied on the Patriot air defense missile system to knock out Scud missiles launched toward coalition command posts, base camps, and advancing troops. On 20 March 2003, Patriot batteries successfully intercepted and destroyed two Iraqi tactical ballistic missiles fired at Kuwait. In the days that followed, other missiles were successfully destroyed. Air defense artillery units performed brilliantly in Operation Iraqi Freedom, intercepting every Iraqi missile fired toward Kuwait or coalition forces except those whose trajectories indicated that they would fall harmlessly into the empty desert or the ocean.