A US fighter jet fired a anti-radiation missile at an Iraqi surface-to-air missile battery this morning after Iraqi radar locked on four British patrol planes -- standard retaliation for radar engagement, the Pentagon said. No US warplanes were fired upon, and there was no immediate word on whether the F-16 had struck its target near Basra in southern Iraq. The British planes had been enforcing NATO's no-fly zone, and returned safely to their base.
Missile Retaliation
A US fighter jet fired a anti-radiation missile at an Iraqi surface-to-air missile battery this morning after Iraqi radar locked on four British patrol planes -- standard retaliation for radar engagement, the Pentagon said. No US warplanes were fired upon, and there was no immediate word on whether the F-16 had struck its target near Basra in southern Iraq. The British planes had been enforcing NATO's no-fly zone, and returned safely to their base.
