Word: plannersally
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But planners must draft their scenarios despite all the uncertainty, and on the U.S. side they have been at it since a few days after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2. Specifics of the plans are military secrets, but enough is known to allow some educated guesses about...
If the strategy succeeds, the Iraqi troops in Kuwait would be isolated, their supply lines so thoroughly broken that they could get no food, fuel, ammunition or equipment beyond what they had stockpiled before the war began, or any reinforcements. This point could be critical. The 450,000 troops the...
The tactical doctrine that would take over then is called Air-Land by Pentagon planners. As described by American commanders in Saudi Arabia, it would go like this: first the Air Force, while continuing to interdict supply lines, would switch to direct bombing and strafing of Iraqi troops, possibly including...
It was that a war to oust Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, to invade, contain and ultimately neutralize Iraq as a military threat, would take 1 million American troops. To anyone familiar with the war planners' imperative to be ready for any contingency, the figure is not startling. The White House...
U.S. contingency plans call for heavy use of air power against Iraqi targets. At some point, however, ground forces would surely be needed to drive Saddam's army out of Kuwait. The U.S. would mount this attack as a lightning strike at night -- a style of warfare the Arab allies...