BlairWitch749
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what about the israeli's not taking out the Iraqi nuke site; and saddam having nukes prior to going into kuwait
what about the israeli's not taking out the Iraqi nuke site; and saddam having nukes prior to going into kuwait
Supposedly the Iraqis were actually relatively close to getting a basic nuclear device even without that facility. I can't remember the exact source, but I remember Dick Cheney going ballistic when it was found out that Iraq was about a year away from a basic nuclear test, and that the CIA had not caught it. This later was part of the reasoning for his distrust of the CIA's abilities during the Bush II Administration
I'm not aware of any systematic use of decoys. Iraqi aircraft and tanks might have suffered a lower toll from aircraft had they done so.
In the 70's, US designed a missile to carry a load of steel penetrator rods. Dropped on the enemies' airbases, it was to be a giant shotgun blast effect. If SH fired a couple of hundred of these at the 5 major airbases, loss of life and equipment would have horrific.Tight security would have kept them a total surprise.A huge rethink of the war by the Allies?![]()
Heck, try and do a suicide run...