Golden Escalator fired 6 Dotard Patriot Missiles STILL FAILED to intercept a Houthi Missile

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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/04/pat...failed-in-saudi-ballistic-missile-attack.html

Raytheon's Patriot defense system likely failed to stop Saudi missile attack: Report

• New information appears to show a Patriot defense system may have failed to stop last month's missile attack on Saudi Arabia's capital city.
• Reports after the Nov. 4 incident indicated that the Saudis had intercepted the missile fired by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen.
• The downing was even touted by President Trump, although the New York Times said it's likely "the missile's warhead flew unimpeded over Saudi defenses."

Jeff Daniels | @jeffdanielsca
Published 6:00 PM ET Mon, 4 Dec 2017 Updated 7:10 PM ET Mon, 4 Dec 2017 CNBC.com

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A file photo of cannisters containing Patriot missiles to intercept missiles fired at Saudi Arabia or its neighboring countries.
New information calls into question whether an American-made Patriot missile defense system stopped a ballistic missile attack last month by rebels in Yemen at Saudi Arabia's capital city of Riyadh, The New York Times reported Monday.

President Donald Trump even touted the U.S. missile system to reporters the day after the incident happened.

"Our system knocked the missile out of the air," Trump was quoted as saying aboard Air Force One on his way to Japan on Nov. 4. "That's how good we are. Nobody makes what we make, and now we're selling it all over the world."

But the Times said a research team looking at evidence in photos and videos now believes those early reports were wrong and that "the missile's warhead flew unimpeded over Saudi defenses and nearly hit its target, Riyadh airport. The warhead detonated so close to the domestic terminal that customers jumped out of their seats."

CNBC reached out to the Pentagon for comment but a spokesman referred questions to the Saudis. CNBC also reached out to the Saudi Ministry of Defense but it didn't respond to an email request for comment.

U.S.-made air defense systems are relied on not only by the Saudis to defend against missile attacks from Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen but by South Korea, Japan and American forces to counter against North Korean missiles. But experts say the defense systems can miss targets and are not foolproof.

"Governments lie about the effectiveness of these systems," Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California, who led the research team was quoted by the Times as saying. "And that should worry the hell out of us."

The claim that the missile was intercepted and destroyed Nov. 4 was carried by the Saudi Press Agency and other media outlets, which quoted a statement from the Arab coalition forces fighting in Yemen.

Still, the Times said information gleamed from social media, including videos, shows that "the pattern of missile debris littering Riyadh suggests missile defenses either hit the harmless rear section of the missile or missed it entirely."

In other words, the warhead itself was probably never intercepted by the Patriot defense system. That was despite the ballistic missile traveling just more than 600 miles from its estimated launch location in Yemen.

Furthermore, the paper said there was an explosion about 12 miles away from the Riyadh airport that is likely an indication "the warhead continued unimpeded toward its target." It pointed out that the missile's warhead is "smaller and harder to hit."

Raytheon, maker of the Patriot missile system, said on its website that the defense technology has been used by five nations in more than 200 combat engagements, both against tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles as well as aircraft. It said "more than 100 ballistic missiles" have been successfully intercepted in combat operations around the world.

Raytheon didn't immediately respond to a CNBC request for comment.

Click here to read the full story from the New York Times.

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U.S. Missile Defenses May Have Failed in Recent Mideast Attack

A missile fired by Yemeni rebels might have gotten through Saudi Arabia’s defense network.

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By Kyle Mizokami
Dec 4, 2017



A recent missile attack against the Saudi capital may not have been intercepted by American-made missiles after all.

New analysis of last month’s attack on Riyadh’s international airport shows that the warhead may have evaded missile defenses. The report highlights the complexity of missile defense—a crucial issue as one missile war is being fought in the Middle East and a second threatens in northern Asia.

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Back in November, we covered a relatively underreported missile war between Iranian-backed Yemeni rebels and a coalition of Middle Eastern countries. Missile defense advocates say Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have shot down close to 150 missiles during this conflict, including one launched last month at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport. The attack, and the launch of several Patriot missiles to shoot down the incoming missile, was captured on social media and shared widely. Here's video of the launch of Patriot missiles and the aftermath:


The missile is an Iranian-made Burqan-2. Houthi rebels launched it from Yemen at a distance of 610 miles. In response, Saudi air defense forces launched five Patriot PAC-3 missiles, a variant of the Patriot missile expressly designed to intercept incoming ballistic missiles. Wreckage of the Burqan-2 was found in downtown Riyadh, but the warhead traveled 12 miles more and exploded near the airport—about 1 kilometer (0.6 mi) from the domestic terminal. Here's a video of Burqan-2 missiles in Yemeni hands.

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As outlined in Sunday's New York Times, the airport was indeed the target and the warhead came pretty darn close. Scuds aren’t the most accurate missiles in the world, and a 3,000-foot miss is typical for Scuds. Homemade Iranian Scuds may be even less accurate. Regardless, it appears the warhead successfully separated from the missile. The discovery of the Burqan-2’s engine and body in Riyadh seems to indicate it was a clean miss on the part of the Patriots.

What happened? There are all sorts of possibilities. One, the missile may have broken apart on reentry, after warhead separation. Falling debris might have confused the Patriots as to what the real target was, allowing the warhead to slip through. A similar situation occurred in 1991, when Iraq’s Al-Hussein missiles broke apart moments before impact, creating a flying debris field that confused Patriot missiles and caused them to miss the warhead.

Another possibility is that the Saudis, caught off guard by the first-ever missile attack against their capital, simply responded too late. Perhaps the Saudis got a bad batch of missiles. Or perhaps the Patriot system just plain failed. The system is indeed responsible for many intercepts in the Mideast region since 2015, but some unknown variable in this intercept may have caused a failure. We may never know the exact cause, but the failure to intercept can’t help but cause a little uncertainty just as Patriot PAC-3s protect American and Japanese soldiers and civilians from North Korean missiles.

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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-...intercept-houthi-missile-attack-saudi-capital

US-Supplied Defense System Failed To Intercept Houthi Missile Attack On Saudi Capital

by Tyler Durden
Dec 5, 2017 6:03 PM

A new study in the New York Times suggests that Saudi Arabia's state of the art defense system failed to intercept the ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels which nearly hit Riyadh's international airport on November 4th. The report contradicts the official claims of the Saudi and American governments, which both announced immediately after the incident that the US-supplied Patriot missile defense system had successfully intercepted the Houthi fired Scud.

The analysis, which utilized open-source material in the form of available video and social media photos of the aftermath of the attack, was conducted by a team of missile experts, and threatens to shake confidence in the US system, which is currently implemented by American allies around the world from South Korea and Taiwan to Turkey, Israel and Japan, among others.


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And notably President Trump himself had announced while aboard Air Force One on the day following the attack, “Our system knocked the missile out of the air.” Trump also emphasized the importance of demonstrable success of the systems and added, “That’s how good we are. Nobody makes what we make, and now we’re selling it all over the world.”

But The New York Times report begins with a flat contradiction of that claim:

The official story was clear: Saudi forces shot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebel group last month at Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh. It was a victory for the Saudis and for the United States, which supplied the Patriot missile defense system.



...But an analysis of photos and videos of the strike posted to social media suggests that story may be wrong. Instead, evidence analyzed by a research team of missile experts appears to show the missile’s warhead flew unimpeded over Saudi defenses and nearly hit its target, Riyadh’s airport. The warhead detonated so close to the domestic terminal that customers jumped out of their seats.

The Houthi missile was identified at the time as a Burqan-2, revealed in a video of the November 4 launch produced by a Houthi group, and is a variant of the Scud missile commonly used in the region. The attack took Middle East observers by surprise as the missile traveled about 600 miles and reveals a growing sophistication in the Houthi arsenal - all of which led to a number of researchers to claim Iranian origins of the weapon, something which Iran and its regional allies continue to deny.


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As part of the NYT investigation experts primarily examined the multiple videos and photos of missile debris locations and missile parts, and concluded that the Saudis couldn't have intercepted the warhead, which further appears to have exploded on impact, something which wouldn't have happened had the projectile been effectively intercepted.

The report continues:

Saudi officials said the debris, which appears to belong to a downed Burqan-2, showed a successful shootdown. But an analysis of the debris shows that the warhead components – the part of the missile that carries the explosives – were missing. The missing warhead signaled something important to the analysts: that the missile may have evaded Saudi defenses.



...This would explain why the debris in Riyadh only appears to consist of the rear tube. And it suggests that the Saudis may have missed the missile, or only hit the tube after it had separated and begun to fall uselessly toward earth.

Researchers also examined extensive video and eyewitness testimony from the airport and in the vicinity of what the Saudi authorities initially reported as mere falling debris, however, the evidence points to an explosion that could only be explained by the impact of the warhead, which likely evaded the defensive measures. Videos recorded an explosion which occurred at a location very near the main domestic terminal of the airport, the immediate aftermath of which was clearly visible and was strongly felt inside the terminal.

Video sequence showing footage collected from the November 4th attack.

The warhead, the report says, continued on its trajectory after mid-air separation from the rest of the missile, which it is designed to do, making it harder to intercept as it nears its target. Though Saudi officials claimed that it was only debris from an intercepted missile that hit the airport, researchers concluded:

The blast was small, and satellite imagery of the airport taken immediately before and after the blast is not detailed enough to capture the crater from the impact, the analysts said. But it does show ground damage from the emergency vehicles, supporting the finding that the warhead hit just off the runway.



While the Houthis missed their target, Mr. Lewis said, they got close enough to show that their missiles can reach it and can evade Saudi defenses. “A kilometer is a pretty normal miss rate for a Scud,” he said. “The Houthis got very close to creaming that airport.”

One scientist cited in the report, Laura Grego, noted that it's hugely significant that the Saudis fired five times at the incoming missile and missed. "You shoot five times at this missile and they all miss? That's shocking,” she said. “That's shocking because this system is supposed to work.”

Though the Saudi government didn't respond to the report, and will likely not address the findings, it will be interesting to see the Patriot system's performance during the next incursion. As fighting is continuing to intensify in neighboring Yemen, it is likely only a matter of time.

 

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据沙特电视台报道，沙特周二拦截了一枚也门胡赛反叛组织向利雅得发射的弹道导弹，这是两个月内第二次发生此类事件。由胡赛组织控制的电视台Almasirah称，该组织的导弹武装力量称向利雅得发射了一枚Volcano H2导弹，发射目标是位于当地的Al-Yamamah皇宫。这一事件或进一步加剧伊朗和沙特之间的紧张关系，这两个敌对国家一直在争夺中东地区的地位和影响力。


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来源：观察者网19日，也门胡塞武装向沙特首都利雅得皇宫发射了一枚弹道导弹。随后，沙特方面宣称这枚弹道导弹被成功拦截。



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据英国广播公司（BBC）19日报道，也门Al-Masirah电视台称胡塞武装向沙特发射了一枚弹道导弹。Al-Masirah网站的一篇报道称这枚弹道导弹的目标是利雅得王宫正在进行的一场领导人会议，


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由沙特领导的联军指责伊朗为胡塞武装提供导弹。伊朗对此表示否认。沙特联军发言人马利基（Turki al-Maliki）表示这枚导弹“不加选择地向利雅得发射，以瞄准平民和人口密集地区”。同时，他强调这次袭击证明了“伊朗政权持续支持胡塞武装组织并明确地公然藐视”两项联合国安理会的两项联合国安理会决议。

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11月30日，胡塞武装再次向沙特发射一枚弹道导弹，并声称击中了预定军事目标。但沙特方面表示该导弹已被拦截。由沙特领导的多国联军直指伊朗为幕后黑手，并且封锁了通往也门的海陆空通道，以阻止伊朗向胡塞武装运送导弹等军火。

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Dotard can blame Obama.

 

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Excellent photo!

The straight line 45 degrees contrail shows Houthi missile trajectory and puff of smoke indicated where the missed Dotard Patriot Missile intercepted. Missed by approx 250m in the air.
漏整裤 Lao Kui Kor !

 

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This means American citizens are DEAD MEAT for NK Kim Jong Nuke's Hwasong-15 ICBM. Sure hit without fail!

 

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This means American citizens are DEAD MEAT for NK Kim Jong Nuke's Hwasong-15 ICBM. Sure hit without fail!

As well as Sinkies

 

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As well as Sinkies

H Bomb and Hwasong ICBM not cheap. If NK wants to fire then his primary target is USA, because Dotard said America First. So nuke USA 1st.

SG53 is a low priority target for H Bomb and Hwasong ICBM since they are not cheap must whack primary target 1st. Unless still left-over with plenty spare after Dotard-land is completely finished off, then whack SG53 for fun, for being an American lap-dog and providing military bases for USA forces to disturb NK.