Desert Shield/Desert Storm Strategy

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" One of the major objectives in the U.S. military strategy of the air campaign during Desert Shield/Desert Storm was the quick attainment of air superiority over Kuwait and southern Iraq. With control of this airspace, U.S. and coalition air forces were virtually unimpeded in the attainment of their other major goals: destroying Iraq's command and control structure as well as its facilities for nuclear, biological and chemical warfare; cutting off Iraq's major supply lines; and providing air support to ground troop operations (Dugan, 1991, p. 26). In order to attain air superiority, the allies needed to knock out all of Iraq's defensive and offensive air capabilities. This was accomplished by means of saturation bombing and the use of electronic surveillance and anti.radar systems. A key element in the success of this strategy was the use of a large number of allied.."

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