Title:
THE OPERATION DESERT STORM AND THE PATRIOT MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM [2] -THE SCUD AND THE PATRIOT MISSILES

Authors:
Yeuncheol Jeong

Abstract:
Postol questioned whether the Patriot is fully equipped to handle all the non-linear butterfly effects of the Scud in the air. To make the matter worse, once it re-enters the atmosphere toward a target, the breaking pieces of the Scud then act as some sort of multi-warheads of the more advanced modern ballistic missiles. The Patriot system may not be able to handle the incoming pieces of the Scud at its short range of defense.

Keywords:
projectile, trajectory, air friction; non-linear effects, butterfly effects, Patriot, Scud, ballistic missiles, multi-warheads, operation desert storm

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52267/IJASER.2024.5303