January 11, 2021 [link removed] copy and paste this link to read the alert on MDAA's website. Follow and Support MDAA ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ MDAA Lessons Learned Series: One Year Ago - Supplement January 11, 2021 Flight debris of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, 3 kilometers NW of Tehran, Iran; January 8, 2020; Mehr News Agency. Dear Members and Friends, In supplement to the Lessons Learned Alert published Friday MDAA would like to provide further clarity and information on the U.S. Patriot fratricide that occurred nearly 20 years ago in Kuwait. We recognize the incidental deaths of two Royal British Air Force pilots that occurred when a U.S. Patriot battery engaged a British Tornado in 2003. This was categorically different from the errant Iranian shoot down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. The fratricide occurred on the night of March 22nd, 2003. This event is exclusive from Flight 752 in many different ways. The Tornado was on a sharp descent, much steeper than a normal landing, toward the runway and was classified by the Patriot system as an anti-radiation missile. An anti-radiation missile is an air-to-surface missile launched from an airplane that is designed to destroy a ground-based radar. From the Patriot crew’s perspective, the track was rapidly descending to their radar and would impact within seconds. The Tornado mirrored the flight path of an anti-radiation missile and was engaged in self-defense by the Patriot crew. Additionally, the Tornado did not respond to the U.S. Patriot crew’s request to declare itself as a friendly aircraft. This incident is well-known within the Air Defense Artillery community and the lessons learned are carried forward nearly 20 years later. Allied and Joint missile defense operations in the Middle East have greatly progressed since 2003, resulting in no similar incidents. We stand with our allies in carrying on the legacy of the two Royal British Air Force pilots' lives lost on that tragic day. Respectfully, ‌ Riki Ellison Chairman and Founder Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance Click Here to Join MDAA _____________________________________________________________________ MDAA is a non-profit, non-partisan tax-exempt 501(c) (4) organization. Our mission is to make the world safer by advocating for the development and deployment of missile defense systems to defend the United States and its allies against missile threats. We are a membership-funded organization that does not advocate on behalf of any specific system, technology, architecture or entity. Founded in 2002, MDAA is the only organization in existence whose primary mission is to recruit, organize, and mobilize proponents to advocate for the critical need of missile defense. Visit our website www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org for more information. Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance 515 King Street, Suite 330 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: (703) 299-0060 Email: [email protected] Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance | 515 King Street, Suite 330, Alexandria, VA 22314 Unsubscribe [email protected] About our service provider Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!