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2RHPZ
07-07-2004, 11:34 AM
Patriot 'Blue-on-Blue': the plot thickens

By Lester Haines
Published Tuesday 6th July 2004 11:03 GMT

CBS-11's Robert Riggs - the embedded journalist who witnessed first-hand the shambolic operations of the Patriot missile during the last Gulf War - has fuelled the continuing controversy surrounding the "Blue-on-Blue" incident, which saw the high-tech projectile bring down an RAF Tornado.

Full article (http://www.theregister.com/2004/07/06/patriot_plot_thickens/)

Secret Squirrel
07-07-2004, 11:54 AM
Patriot 'Blue-on-Blue': the plot thickens

By Lester Haines
Published Tuesday 6th July 2004 11:03 GMT

CBS-11's Robert Riggs - the embedded journalist who witnessed first-hand the shambolic operations of the Patriot missile during the last Gulf War - has fuelled the continuing controversy surrounding the "Blue-on-Blue" incident, which saw the high-tech projectile bring down an RAF Tornado.

Full article (http://www.theregister.com/2004/07/06/patriot_plot_thickens/)

If i recall correctly, a patriot missle also shot down an american plane and in another incident, an american plane was forced to destroy a missile battery before it destroyed his aircraft.