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by kevinconaway 3026 days ago
Per the GAO report[0]

> According to Army officials, the delay in distributing the software from the United States to all Patriot locations was due to the time it took to arrange for air and ground transportation in a wartime environment.

I'm not knowledgeable at all on how software for missile batteries was distributed in 1991 from the US to the Persian Gulf but 11 days doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

[0] https://www.gao.gov/assets/220/215614.pdf