Kuwait City, Mar 21: Kuwaiti defense forces fired patriot missiles today to intercept an incoming Iraqi missile attack targeted at an air base in northern Kuwait, a military official said. "A total of three patriots were fired by Kuwaiti air defense batteries to intercept and destroy the incoming Iraqi missile" aimed at the Ali Al-Salem Air Base, Colonel Yussif Al-Mulla said in a statement to the official Kuna news agency.
Warning sirens sounded and three explosions were heard shortly afterwards, an a news agency correspondent reported. The colonel said the explosions were the sound of the three patriots destroying the Iraqi missile.
Ten Iraqi missiles had already landed on the Emirate in the first 24 hours of the US-led war launched yesterday to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, causing no damage or casualties. Bureau Report