Summary and Key Points: The piece recounts the beginning of Operation Desert Storm, highlighting the American-led coalition’s swift success in liberating Kuwait from Iraqi forces. -Central to this ...
February 1991, the Gulf War. Republican Guard units defend the flank of the Iraqi army occupying Kuwait. The Battle of 73 ...
At the Battle of 73 Easting on the second day of the gulf war, nine American tanks killed 28 Iraqi tanks in 23 minutes --in a driving sandstorm. Not a single American tank was scratched. In the battle ...
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Why has the M1 Abrams tank lasted so long?

Despite the Abrams tank’s advanced age and increasing vulnerability to threats such as drones, it has been kept relevant on ...
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DOHA, Qatar -- As U.S. and British aircraft begin striking at Iraqi defenses, ground forces were poised to seize strategic objectives and perhaps kill or capture key Iraqi leaders. Nearly 100,000 U.S.