[giantrobot]

It's important to note that a Patriot battery consists of multiple components that can be distributed over a wide area. There's the trailer-mounted launchers, fire control radar, and the command and control unit. All the components talk to each other but don't need to be parked next to each other. Damage to a single launcher doesn't prevent the other launchers in the battery from functioning. A damaged radar can be covered by a backup or even the radar from another battery.

[infamia]

Great points all. The reports that I've seen indicates that none of the launchers were offline, and the one launcher was repaired in a few days.