Do you know how powerful the United States used to be?
On August 57, 1990, the then President of the United States, Bush Sr., officially signed an order to take necessary military action against Iraq.
After the news came out, countries all over the world gathered to watch. On one side was the United States, one of the world's two largest powers, and on the other was Iraq, which had a rich history of fighting.
At that time, Iraq had just ended the eight-year Iran-Iraq . Its military strength was very high, and it also had million regular troops and 400,000 reserve forces. There were countless third-generation tanks fighters. , such military power was no exaggeration. Said that it was even stronger than China at that time!
At that time, China was still able to defeat the US military in one fell swoop in the Vietnam and Korean Wars. So at this time, Iraq, whose military strength surpassed China, victory seemed to most people to be only a matter of time !
Countries moved to watch the show, just to see how the United States failed again, but just when everyone thought that the United States was a paper tiger.
He gave everyone a combat mode that they had never seen before, revealing his sharp side!
The location comes to the Gulf area, which has the world's richest oil and natural gas resources. As of January 1990, the proven oil reserves here were 651.7 billion barrels, accounting for 65% of the world's total reserves!
With such a terrifying reserve, anyone will have to swallow their saliva. Among them, Kuwait , located in the northeast of the
Arabian Peninsula, is known as the Pearl of the Gulf. Its foreign assets exceeded .1 trillion in 1990, and it also owns hundreds of With shares worth US$100 million, it is inevitable that a country like this will be targeted by some people!
I mentioned before that Iraq has just finished the Iran-Iraq war. As the saying goes, a cannon fires, and a thousand taels of gold !
Iraq naturally owes a lot of money because of this war, of which Kuwait owes as much as 14 billion ! But what to do if you don’t have money?
Iraq came up with an idea, which was to reduce the oil production of all oil countries in order to increase the price of oil so that it could repay itself with a quick profit. However, Kuwait increased its production in the hope of taking this opportunity to resolve the border issue with Iraq. !
On August 1, 1990, , the two parties broke down after several negotiations!
At 1 a.m. on August 2, 1990, with the cooperation of sea, land, air, and special operations forces, three Iraqi divisions crossed the border and launched a surprise attack!
At 5:30 in the morning on August 2, 1990 , troops assembled in the capital of Kuwait!
At 7:00 pm on August 2, 1990, after 14 hours of offensive and defensive battle, Iraq completely occupied Kuwait City !
Subsequently, a large number of military tanks entered the territory, and Iraq announced its annexation of Kuwait! The news has spread, causing shock to the world.
At 8:00 pm on the same day, the two navies headed by the USS Eisenhower and the USS Independence were in position to transport 500,000 garrison troops and assembled!
The United Nations also held a meeting and reached a consensus on the Iraq issue, requiring Iraq to complete its withdrawal before January 15, 1991 , otherwise some necessary means will be used!
At that time, Iraq still had assistance from the Soviet Union, but after Iraq made such a rash annexation move, the Soviet Union had no choice but to give up.
On , on August 3, 1990, reached a consensus with the United States, requiring Iraq to withdraw its troops, and stopped Military aid to Iraq!
The timeline comes to January 16, 1991 . At this time, the joy of war may have gone to the head. Facing so many resources, Iraq was unwilling to hand it over to others. After several rounds of negotiations, the coalition forces came to nothing and finally chose to use force. Diplomatic language!
On January 17, 1991, the war officially started, but what people did not expect was that by on February 28, 1991, within a short period of 42 days, the war was completely over!
In this war, the United States completely defeated Iraq with a battle loss ratio of to 100 (223 coalition forces died in action and 25,000 Iraqis died in action).
This war open class made the world dumbfounded for a while. It was born out of traditional warfare methods, combined with various electronic technologies, and easily played with the enemy in applause. How can fight like this?
Our country also immediately adjusted its national defense strategy after this war, regained its awareness, and made modern changes to the upgrade of national defense! So what exactly has the United States done? How to "wake up" our country?
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How much military force did the United States dispatch at that time?
deployed 245,000 troops, 800 tanks, 444 armed helicopters and 85 various ships, as well as 553 carrier-based aircraft , and also brought 265 early warning aircraft , reconnaissance aircraft , Electronic jammers and other functional fighters!
But, do you think these are the protagonists of the United States?
No, these are just appetizers!
On January 17, 1991, a F117 stealth bomber came to , carrying three precision-guided bombs, which directly destroyed the Telegraph Building in the Iraqi capital. This explosion fired the first shot of the Gulf War, and half Hours later, a bomb penetrated the ventilation duct of the communications building on the bank of the Tigris River, passed through the four floors and detonated, directly razing the entire building to the ground!
Didn’t Iraq react to such a big movement?
Of course not! How could we not take precautions when something like this happens in the capital?
But Iraq has no way at all, because there is no display on the radar . He has an air-control missile in his hand, but he doesn’t know where to send it, let alone whether the next bomb will explode next to him, and how it appears. of!
Yes, in this battle, the United States used this strange-looking aircraft. It looked like an alien object. It was the first stealth fighter in human history . The special structure made the radar detect it. It became a decoration in front of me. This was the first time it appeared, but it shocked the whole world!
In the air strikes in the first three weeks, F117s dispatched a total of 271 , dropping more than 2,000 tons of precision guided bombs, destroying 40% of Iraq's important targets and 85% of its air defense firepower.
but the casualties are, zero !
felt aggrieved, had no strength and nowhere to show it. This was a true portrayal of Iraq at that time!
is powerless in the face of all air attacks. Without radar detection, he is like a headless fly, tilting ammunition aimlessly, but has no power to fight back! The runway was blown up, and all planes couldn't even take off!
Due to limited characters, many of them cannot be displayed in full, but the coalition forces displayed a completely unique fighting method, which made the whole world seem to have opened up a new world, and it has been affecting this day!
Air strikes are not the only means of the United States. After 38 days of bombing, Iraq finally ushered in a group army land operation. However, unexpectedly, with the cooperation of the United States Apache helicopters, the opponent's tanks were like targets and were easily beheaded!
In just 00 hours, Iraq's proud ground forces were defeated across the board and had no choice but to withdraw from Kuwait!
After the battle between and , the whole world was dumbfounded. All kinds of dazzling technological cooperation and interference and investigation of various electronic information were the first truly modern information technology war in modern times. The experience brought to us by
is very valuable, so our country has also embarked on the road to become a technological power.
Some people are impressed by the methods of the US military, but more people of insight use their sweat and youth to shine for the cause of national defense.
Nowadays, our country's J-20, Dongfeng series, and independently manufactured aircraft carriers have been developed one by one. These are the major national defense weapons that have been developed. This gives us the confidence to not be afraid of the threat from the United States, and we have the confidence to face the economy. When sanctioning , you can be determined not to give in!
Maybe we in 1991 still had some shortcomings.
But now, we can say without politeness
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