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 * Clip G: Software Flaws **


 * A. Vocabulary **

Before watching the video, use a dictionary or other source to ensure that you understand the meaning of all the vocabulary words in the box. All of these words are used in the video. Glitch Magnetic field Interact Solar winds Lift off Nozzle Swivel Vehicle Tremendous Guts (slang) Hazard Maiden voyage Flaw Embed/embedded 64-bit 16-bit assume || Digits Inability Root (noun) Costly Accelerate Minute (adj) Conversion Plague/plagued (verb) Wound/wounded Scud (missle) Invade Launch Missile battery Surface-to-air Warhead Explosive Fragments Casing Buck shot || Upgrade Mach 5 Modification Unstable Wobbly Detonate Casualties Fireball Radar Discrepancy Accurate Binary Decimal Infinity Fatal Component Pulse Tragic/tragically updated || or follow this link if you have a problem watching it on this site >> @http://youtu.be/kewfHyV3vxY media type="file" key="Clip G_Software Flaws.3gp" width="300" height="300"
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 * B. Now watch the video as many times as you need in order to understand it. **


 * C. After watching the video, think about the answers to the following questions: **


 * 1) What was the first example discussed in this video?
 * 2) What year did it happen?
 * 3) What did they notice 36 seconds into the flight?
 * 4) What happened at 40 seconds?
 * 5) What caused the problem?
 * 6) What was the Patriot missile originally designed to do?
 * 7) What did the army want to use the Patriot missile for during the war in Kuwait?
 * 8) What happened at Dhahran?
 * 9) What caused the failure?