Word: riyadh
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...takes the most conservative line and would scale back Riyadh's numbers...
...dispute exists because bomb-damage assessment is more an art than a science. Each of the agencies involved -- Central Command in Riyadh, the Air Force command, the Central Intelligence Agency and its military counterpart, the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency -- has its own way of deciding whether a target has been destroyed. Not surprisingly, the different techniques have yielded divergent results...
...Force, factoring in eyewitness reports from its pilots, says Riyadh's estimates...
...technology that was developed long before SDI got to the drawing board. Still, SDI backers argue that the success of the Patriot teaches a significant lesson about the need to prepare against ICBMs. "All you'd have to do is watch the Scud missile battles over Tel Aviv and Riyadh," says Cheney, "to have a sense of the extent to which ballistic-missile capability is a threat to U.S. forces...
When I arrived back in Moscow, I reported the results of the trip to Gorbachev. My main conclusion: the barometer of the situation was clearly & pointing to a military solution. The President instructed me to continue the mission, and I left for Cairo, Damascus, Riyadh and Baghdad...