[taxed2death]

I saw a TV show a few years back that stated that not one single scud was shot down by our Patriot missles. The show said that the display of the Patriots exploding in mid air was just a ruse to demoralize the enemy and to pacify the Israelies. The show went on to say that virtually all of the scuds were destroyed by SAS and Special Forces on the ground. Is there any truth to this?

[knighthawk]

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/weapons/patriot.html

[ctdonath2]

Even if they did work, there's the basic problem that it's all coming down anyway, intact or in pieces...and when the target is vaguely some metropolitan area, the impact area doesn't make much difference.