Throughout the 1990's there was a lot of good and bad times. Starting with the
good things, I will begin my paper with 5 of the up-most important events in this period
of time and then conclude with 4 of the down sides. Early in the 90's was Desert Storm,
which was a huge success.
The 1991 bombing of Baghdad was a demonstration of smart, powerful weapons,
planning ahead and military superiority. Having control in the air was a major goal of
those who had planned out the attack. Starting attacks on the capital was the major idea
and political goal of destabilizing Saddam Hussein's regime (basically the main purpose
here was to have Iraq's leader murdered). About 244 laser-guided bombs and 88 cruise
missiles were delivered against Baghdad targets in 43 days of war. That's most of the
powerful weapons used in Desert Storm. Overall, around 250,000 individual bombs and
missiles were dropped or fired in the 42 days. There were only 12 days......
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