Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Force F-15E fighter-bomber lifted off from a Saudi airfield, deadly Sparrow and Sidewinder air-to-air missiles glistened beneath its wings. Not far away, in the Persian Gulf, sailors on the battleship Wisconsin ran through training drills with their 32 Tomahawk cruise missiles, each capable of hitting targets 700 miles away with a 1,000-lb. conventional warhead. At a desolate desert site in northeast Saudi Arabia, tanks of the U.S. 1st Marine Division blazed away in live-fire exercises. In the last nerve-racking hours before "K-day" -- the U.N.'s Jan. 15 deadline for Iraq...
Though there is justified skepticism that air power alone can defeat Saddam's forces, it remains the key to allied victory. Pounded by a savage aerial assault unlike anything they experienced in their war with Iran, some Iraqi units might collapse. The U.S., Saudi and British air forces have a combined strength of more than 1,500 combat aircraft, enough to mount close to 2,000 bombing sorties a day against Iraqi targets. The initial attack would be led by radar-evading F-117A Stealth fighter-bombers and sea-based Tomahawk cruise missiles, attacking key Iraqi military and infrastructure facilities...
...military is an all-volunteer force with the highest levels of education and training in history. As a result, American soldiers have proved remarkably adaptable, quickly solving many of the unique problems posed by desert warfare. Helicopter-maintenance crews, for example, have learned to prevent the dustlike Saudi sands from damaging their choppers by cleaning filters more often and applying a new epoxy to rotor blades to stanch erosion...
Weapons. Close to 1,000 M1A1 tanks are now in Saudi Arabia, and with their laser range finders, infrared sensors and digital computerized firing systems, they should be able to outrun and outgun the best Iraqi tanks, Soviet-made T- 72s. Infantry will navigate with the Global Positioning Satellite system, a book-size receiver that allows them to determine their location within a couple of yards. The big surprise if war broke out could be American Apache and Cobra helicopters. Despite a reputation for maintenance problems, the Apaches in Saudi Arabia have been ready for duty more than...
Logistics. U.S. logistical superiority could quickly become a decisive factor. To assure adequate stocks of food, water, fuel and ammunition, the U.S. has mounted the biggest military resupply effort in history. Some 100 transport ships are sailing toward Saudi Arabia. More than 2,500 trucks will deliver * weapons and ammunition to the front...