Word: scud
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...result, six U.S. intelligence satellites the size of city buses are prowling the skies over Iraq every day. Three KH-11 and three Lacrosse satellites are searching for places where Saddam might be producing such weapons, as well as for any signs that he is moving his Scud missiles into launching positions. This intelligence would not only help commanders draft target lists, it would also guide U.S. commandos to the right places once they secreted inside Iraq, something planners foresee in the early hours of a new engagement...
Beyond those schemes, U.S. war planners are focused on attacking the delivery systems--missiles, planes and drones--that Iraq might use to deploy chemical and biological weapons. The U.S. Air Force remains profoundly embarrassed by its inability in the 1991 war to destroy a single Scud launcher, despite 2,400 missions aimed at just that. Better satellites, more deadly Apache helicopter gunships and improved--and armed--drones should enable the U.S. to do better should there be a next time...
...attacks with smart bombs can find and safely destroy hidden caches of bio-chem agents that inspectors have failed to uncover. The plans also presume that this can be done before Saddam unleashes any of those weapons. The bombers also need to take out Saddam's 20 to 30 Scud missiles (which they were not able to do in 1991) before he can fire warheads loaded with conventional explosives or perhaps chemical agents at Israel or his Arab neighbors. Even if all these pre-emptive measures are taken, Saddam could still try a crude pre-emptive strike...
MOBILE LAUNCHERS Experts believe Iraq is hiding Scud missiles on mobile launchers that cruise its western border to evade detection and lurk in range of Israeli and Saudi targets...
...Aviv were attacked with biological weapons, as Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has promised to do, would Hasan urge restraint upon Israel? Israel truly has a sovereign right to defend itself against foreign attack. Its restraint in 1991 was only possible do to the fact that, miraculously, the 39 scud missiles launched at it did little damage. Furthermore, Israel’s restraint was seen by the Arab states, not as a sign of wisdom and restraint, but as a sign of weakness. This is a show that Israel cannot afford to repeat while engaged in its present struggle...