HMCS Athabaskan VS SCUD

[Halifax Tar]

Hey guys,

I was told today by a serving PO1 that during one of the Athabaskan's deployments (1st gulf war perhaps ?) it had a "scud" missile fired at it and it missed by 2 miles. Can anyone corroborate this statement ?

 

[Michael OLeary]

http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2371641

The crew of his ship, HMCS Athabaskan, spent the voyage to the Middle East training.

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Being tracked by weapons put his heart rate through the roof, but the worst was when an Iraqi Scud missile flew over the destroyer in January 1991.

 

[Pusser]

A matter of pure luck I would say.  The SCUD is/was notoriously innaccurate.

 

[Halifax Tar]

http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2371641

Well there you go! Thanks Mike! 

 

[Radar114]

I'm sure that the SCUD wasn't fired at the ship and that it was being in the right place under the flightpath at the time it happened.  2 miles is only about 10000 ft, so yeah it would have missed by 2 miles if it went overhead.