tactics were for daytime use, when they would choose to move faster. 6They called for the two-Apache teams to spread out with about 1 kilometers between them. Then they would circle and fly in at the target at speeds up to 40 miles per hour. The idea was to get close, fire, and get away fast.The Apaches hellfire missiles were laser guided, as well as the 30-mm guns. The laser accounted for the speed of the aircraft, as well as the wind, and the aircrafts movement for seven seconds prior to firing. Attached to the pilots helmet was a two-inch-square semi-transparent monocle that extended about an inch or two in front of the pilots right eye. Projected onto the monocle was the targeting information that came from the Apaches infrared targeting systems. There was also a cross hair-type targeting device. All of the Apaches weapons systems were linked electronically to the monocle. All a weapons officer had to do was look at a target, lay the cross hairs on it, and fire his weapon of choice.MIM-104 PATRIOT The MIM-104 Patriot tactical Air-Defense Missile System has a radar station to pinpoint incoming rockets, and a four-missile launcher. Patriot explodes near its target, destroying it with shrapnel. In the Gulf War, Patriots target was the Iraqi tactical ballistic missile, the Scud.Designed in the late 1970s as an anti-aircraft weapon, the Patriot was modified in the mid 1980s to defend against ballistic missiles as well. The system employs a 17.4 foot-long missile powered by a single-stage, solid-propellant rocket motor at Mach 3 speeds. The missile weighs 2,200 pounds and has a range of about 43 miles. It is armed 7with a 200 pound high-explosive warhead detonated by a proximity fuse, causing shrapnel to destroy the intended target.Each Patriot system has eight M-901 storage/transportation containers that serve as launchers, and each launcher has four missiles for a total of 32 missiles. The launchers are attached to the M-860 trailer. Th...
