European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Length weight Quot Max sp6ed Max effective Range 17 feet 5 inches. 2,200 lbs 2,400 Mph about 50 Miles Patriot Ujj missile system warhead 200-lb, High explosive fragmentation electrical Power Plant vehicle Large generators provide Mobile Power for radar and engagement station. 2 engagement control station technicians Monitor radar screens for hostile missiles and aircraft. Computer determines which targets Are hostile. With command from technician the computer decides which missile is in the Best position to engage the target. S. Launcher / Mobile station contains four each Battery can five from eight to 16 / launchers. Missile launched automatically after command from engagement control station. A 55sesk&Quot b3s� Antenna Mast group Patriot of batteries in a battalion radar including a battalion command state a Center where most decisions Quot uses the sky for targets v a .?.�?� hostile missiles an the missile after launch. 4 v sources air defense artillery Jane s land based air defense staff research Patriot continued from Page 13. Rose 6th in 43rd air defense arty. A others May. Have but we be trained with it for too . But before the War Patriot experts Only guaranteed the system would hit 60 percent of its targets. Its near perfect record in the persian Gult not Only plates Raythelon but translates into dollars for the company. Athe monday after the first Patriot successes were announced Raythelon shares jumped av2 Points. The Stock has been steadily improving and reached a 52-week High of $75 a share iasi1 wednesday. A spokeswoman for the company who asked not to be named described Raythelon As a diversified International technology based a the company is Active in several Fields including aviation Beech aircraft is a subsidiary and appliances Amana refrigeration is another a a subsidiary. A. Last year Raythelon Laid off 300 of the 6,000 workers at its Plant in Andover mass. And a new. York times article quoted workers at the Plant As saying they had been expecting More layoffs before the crisis in the Gulf flared up. _ Pentagon officials said they have asked Raythelon to Speed up production of Patriot missiles and the company now has shifts working around the clock. Raythelon has a reputation for shunning publicity and the word has gone out to its offices in Europe a not to talk too freely about Hho Patriot system. The company frowns particular hard on recent inferences that the Patriot technology is part of the stars wars defense concept. A member of the Senate armed services committee told stars and stripes that strategic Quot a amps Kan Corga patriots sophisticated phased array radar a Here a Patriot site of the 6th in 43rd air defense arty in Ansbach Germany a is the key to the weapons system s Success. Spec. Daniel Rose left a we never doubted the Patriot. A defense initiative advocates in Washington Are already dubbing the Patriot a Quot Mim Star wars the Success of Patriot in the persian Gulf As a reason to revive the besieged ski program is Likely to be Quot one of the Central arguments of the next budget Cycle Quot he said. However John Pike an analyst of High technology weaponry with the Washington based federation of a american Scenti. A a i o re i Elj oui Quot i Don t see any link Between now protects a if the Patriot does not score a direct hit on a missile s there is a Chance the missile or Large parts of it will still fall in populated areas. Such was the Case Jan. 22 when a Patriot hit a scud s Tail but failed to detonate the warhead which crashed Tel Aviv neighbourhood killing two people. The Patriot and ski other than the fact that the Basic. Mission of both systems is to shoot Down officials familiar with the system say the Patriot system was designed to defend military installations with relatively few people not the Large population centers it. Other military experts Point out that the outdated soviet made scud missile is not a fair test for a multimillion Dollar system like the Patriot and suggest waiting to see How the patriots Hoid up As the War drags on a the a Tript is far from invincible Quot said Henry Dodds a missile expert with Jane a defence data Agency in. you take out the radar it harmless. Simple radar seeking missiles will work against . Dodds said Iraq s inventory includes two my missile the French Armat and the . Launched from aircraft about 50 Miles from Patriot Sites a ichor missile could Knock Nous in the defense against scuds. A a and knowing that Saddam Hussein has this capability Dodds wonders How Long he can afford not to use it. A a. Chuck Vinch of the stars and stripes Washington Bureau contributed this report a \. A Quot a a scud busters we have launched. We got it a by Guy Gugliotta. Washington Post a a a. 0 a. / a a it begins with the alarm a Banshee scream. S cutting across the darkened compound. The Patriot launch team napping fitfully comes awake in an instant within seconds scores of soldiers Burrow. Deep into sandbag bunkers grab their radios and a prepare their ambush a a a. A a a a a a it s coming in this direction says . Salmon. 23, of Stillwater okls., the radio operator in Bravo Battery s command Post. Quot we have inbound scud launch scud a Quot we be got them on the scope Quot says capt. Joe Deantona 28, of Scranton a. Quot re it at 3 37 . On Jan. 26, Bravo and Alpha batteries of the 2nd in 7th air defense arty the Eastern Supli Arabia fire Patriot anti missile missiles at an approx adding scud rocket. A 7. A Quot we have launched Quot Deantona says. Long seconds passed then comes the sound of a Distant Salmon ducks his head listening hard then puts the receiver Down. Quot we got it Quot a. E a 1 patriots have had mixed Luck in Israel and in Riyadh saudi Arabia where scuds have caused some. Significant damage and a few deaths. The 2nd has never missed. For now its soldiers Are the most popular people at the air base. A Quot after we got our first one i called the air Force and \ asked them to lend us a forklift to reload our canisters Quot says Deantona a 1984 West Point graduate. Quot the second time they called me and asked me if i needed the forklift. And they sent the the Fame of the air base s Patriot batteries has spread throughout Eastern saudi Arabia. On the beachfront at a nearby town citizens picked up Little pieces of scud As souvenirs in the lobby of the Dhahran International hotel a piece of a Patriot bearing the inscription Quot we love. You Quot sits on a Pedestal. Saudi soldiers in a pickup truck delivered a piece of scud to battalion Headquarters As a Token of appreciation the air Force Security patrol has sent cookies and brownies after particularly Nasty nights. Quot the soldiers Don t want to leave this is their Home Quot Deantona says. Quot we had an Opportunity to move off site. I did t favor it but i put it to the kids. Not a single Soldier wanted to move Quot at dark the entire battalion is in Mission oriented Quot protective posture 2, wearing a full chemical protective. Suit with Gas masks strapped to the Waist. The alarm shrieks the first Quot scud Alert Quot shortly after 7 . Deantona and 13 Crew members ran to the Bravo Btry command Bunker two Concrete culverts sunk in sandbags a few Steps from their sleeping quarters. In the Bunker Deantona monitors each attack by a radio Telephone linked to his three member fire control team in a Van with the Patriot s computers. Minutes after the command team is in place Salmon passes the words Quot scud launch Quot he pauses for a moment listens Quot four launched toward Patriot Battery gets its Alert and target information from a variety of sources but once the scud attack begins the amount of information digested by the system is so Complex that a single Battery is unable to _ decipher it until its analysts have pored for hours Over computer printouts. Often Deantona says Quot the people on can know what has happened before we a a soon a transistor radio tuned to the armed forces radio and television service is broadcasting reports Fri Iii amp Maui. Quot several missiles have landed Quot the radio says and a bit later Quot from the trajectory it looked like a Patriot or 7 ,. After half an hour Deantona turns to Salmon saying Quot i think we re in for a Long night. Remember the last fired at Israel Riyadh and then us Quot a a a a a a a. S4s Ken Coorg sgt. Jeff Heit of the 81 oth my co from Tampa fla., mans a machine gun while on guard duty at a Patriot site in saudi Arabia. Twenty minutes later the Al Clear sounds. The a a command Bunker empties leaving the radio behind to play Eric Clapton s i shot the sheriff. The peace and quiet lasts for about a half hour before the alarm sounds again. This time there is no launch. Chief warrant officer Gerald Roberts 49, of Fresno -calif., Bravo Btry s leading Mechanic complains that he has not had time to finish a letter. Quot every time i Tell them nothing is happening we get. Hit Quot he says. A a. A a a a third Alert comes just before 10.30 . But after a few moments Salmon says Quot it s Riyadh this time a so we re . 7 _ a a the fourth attack comes about 3 30 . _ temperatures have dropped sharply and the men and women of Bravo Btry have donned extra clothing. First it. Maureen , 22, a graduate of Lehigh University is in the Van leading the attack and talking to Deantona by phone. A. After Salmon announces Quot scud launch Quot and Quot incoming Quot the command Post Falls silent is Pommy toward the air base and there is nothing to do but wait. Outdoors Teruhiko Yashiro cameraman and Kitaka Hikosaka a sound Man wait. At 3.37 . They record a throaty explosion a blast of Light and the arro shaped Patriot dancing out of Bravo Btry in a Streak. The missile arcs once and Heads out at an Angle of about 45 a degrees. A. Soon it is a Point of Light rapidly making rendezvous with a second Patriot launched from Alpha Btry tucked into another Corner of the air base. ,. I the Alpha Patriot approaching from another Angle corkscrews and disappears through the Clouds. The two missiles Are on a collision course intercepting each. Other and the incoming scud an instant later there is a a Flash of Light then a second Flash a burning piece of. Debris shaped like a hot Teardrop plunges to the ground spraying Quot what do you think chief?1 Deantona asks a Quot i think we got a hit Quot Roberts replies. ? until they sort out the computer data it will be impossible to the Quot exactly what has happened in the sky but after a few minutes Deantona concedes it looks like Alpha Btry will get primary credit a and a 6-to-4 battalion Lead in scud kills Page 14 a a a the stars and stripes saturday february 2, 1991 the stars and stripes Page
