Patriot missiles... Hero or Hoax?

Okay before this gets outta hand EvilTechie you need to stop the Country calling name stuff if your gonna gripe about it. If your gonna say things like

the american mentality
no point in argueing with you

Then ya best damn sure be ready for

oK CANADIAN

I ain't pickin sides but what's good for the goose is good for the gander, don't start it if you don't want to hear it. Next the patriot doesn't need to "hit" the missle to score a hit. As long as the patriot comes within a certain range and detonates it can damage and/or destroy the intercepted missle. As far as shots to kill I'm not sure but I'll have to start checkin' around. In my mind anything like this is impressive, just imagine shooting a bullet out of the air with another gun, not exactly the same thing but pretty damn close.