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To: PLMerite
They hit 99% of the ones they aimed for. Ones that weren’t going to hit anything didn’t need to be targeted.

Probably true. And it might be 99% of the ones that made it past the interceptors from Jordan and Iraq. So after you filter out the ones that other folks intercepted, and the ones like you said that were going to hit nothing targets in the desert, it's probably 99% successful interceptions of a much smaller number than 300.

IMHO 99% of a small number is still an awesome success. Especially to those of us old enough to remember the egg heads at MIT and other Dims saying missile defense wouldn't work, that "you can't hit a bullet with another bullet". Evidently you can.

19 posted on 04/15/2024 8:06:22 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

Most of the drones were hit with F-16s using machine guns.

Very WWII V-1 warfare.


25 posted on 04/15/2024 8:24:53 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Tell It Right

[IMHO 99% of a small number is still an awesome success.]

Better than my food-to-mouth average.


27 posted on 04/15/2024 8:34:27 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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