Phalanx was only 75% successful in Basra attack
Three RAF servicemen lost their lives after a rocket exploded hit their accommodation huts. The land-based Phalanx failed to sufficiently deflect the rocket away.
A Royal Navy officer in charged of the system said the rocket was discovered 16 seconds from impact and one of the guns fired to deflect it away. However it was only 75% successful and the rocket still landed in the camp.
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