This sort of blue on blue can never be condoned - it always indicates lax procedures or a cavalier regard of procedures. But in these circumstances, with no credible air threat, surely there should have been more time for the Patriot operators to check and double check. The chances of it being an incoming 'Fencer' were, after all, remote.
Will those two Ameriocan contributors who made the remarks about Britain's record in Northern Ireland and vis a vis the two Sea Kings please show some dignity, sense and sensitivity and edit or remove their crass remarks.