http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/gao/im92026.htm http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/gao/im92026.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot#Failure_at_Dhahra

http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/gao/im92026.htm http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/gao/im92026.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot#Failure_at_Dhahran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot#Failure_at_Dha... Whether or not this can be attributed to technical debt, I don't know. But it is an instance of a software failure that resulted in death.