Manager433 SG A PATRIOT missile hit a farm in Qatar after being accidentally fired from a base used by US forces in the Gulf Arab state, Al Jazeera television said today. The Qatar-based television said the missile launched from Assayliyah base did not cause any casualties. The Patriot system is an anti-missile system. Officials at Assayliyah were not available for comment. US-allied Qatar was a launch pad for the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. It hosts the US Army's Central Command (CENTCOM). http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL1617718320071016
Alvin.Yeoh SG How in the world does one misfire a missile? What? While cleaning the keyboard accidently press the big red "LAUNCH" button? Cat jump on keyboard and accidently launch missile?
fudgester SG If this is the PAC-3 missile.... By early 2000 the cost of each PAC-3 missile had increased from $1.9 million to over $4 million, and the estimated total program cost had risen from $3.9 billion to $6.9 billion.From: http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/patriot-ac-3.htm
