Old Stock, Operator Error, Blind Spot? What Caused a Patriot to Strike Kiev’s Holiest Orthodox Site (opens in new tab)

Patriot missile systems are a “delicate, expensive and fragile structure” which require great care to operate properly, and the smallest defect or error could cause them to veer wildly off course, military analyst Viktor Litovkin told Sputnik, commenting on the overnight incident that saw an interceptor strike the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.