The article talks about the possible destruction of two Patriot launchers. The title is incorrect as a Patriot system involves a whole host of vehicles. You have command, power, radars, and multiple launchers in even a basic system. A complex Patriot system can have remote versions of basically everything and be spread out over a large geographic area.
It’s mostly the scale of what was (possibly) destroyed. Destroying two launchers means you likely still have a fully functional Patriot system as they consist of nominally 6+ launchers per battery.
It’s the difference between 2 launchers vs two whole sets of crew, command vehicles, communications vehicles, power vehicles, radars, maintenance vehicles, and 12+ launchers. Two systems vs two launchers.
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