The mistake of the American Patriot system caused the death of 28 of the American military.

Despite the fact that the American Patriot system is considered to be a very advanced air defense and missile defense system (according to the US version - ed.), It was not able to intercept the modernized Soviet El-Brus R-17 missile, which killed 28 troops The United States, and about a hundred more were injured in various ways.

According to experts, the successful strike by the modernized Soviet Elbrus ballistic missile during the next military conflict in the Persian Gulf in 1991 was caused by a mistake by American programmers, and, obviously, in the case of a massive strike, there could be much more victims and injuries.

“There is a purely technical description of what happened in the“ brains ”of an expensive air defense system that worked on 70 technology. In simple terms, the CPU constantly counted the time from the moment the system was turned on, which was required to calculate the flight path of the rocket in case of target detection. The numbers were stored in the 24-bit register, which reduced accuracy in the case of fractions: it is impossible to record (more precisely, count) 0,1 seconds in this form due to restrictions on the number of "cells". This led to a gradual “loss” of time - 0,003433 seconds per hour. Negligible? For a wandering pedestrian, yes. But the rocket has come a very long way during this time, and all the computer’s calculations about finding the target flew into the tube. As a result: "Patriot" for a million dollars gives a miss in 500 meters, and Scud-B (P-17) hits the barracks with American employees ", - reports "onliner».

Experts do not exclude that such a problem could well have manifested itself during the successful attack of the Yemeni rebels on the oil refineries of Saudi Arabia, since the American missile defense system not only could not shoot down drones and cruise missiles, but also could not even detect them.