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TIL that on 25/2/1991, the Patriot missile system failed at an airbase in Saudi Arabia, allowing a Scud missile to hit the airbase, killing 28. A build up of small timing errors caused by errors i... (www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de)

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Original Title: TIL that on 25/2/1991, the Patriot missile system failed at an airbase in Saudi Arabia, allowing a Scud missile to hit the airbase, killing 28. A build up of small timing errors caused by errors in the internal clock led to the system failing to detect the missile on time. A patch was issued on 26/2

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