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Parent topics
- Counterproliferation [r]: The set of activities that detect and monitor the threat of weapons of special concern against one's own nation and one's allies. [e]
- Gulf War [r]: The conflict started by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and ended with the liberation of Kuwait and major damage to Iraqi forces, by a US-led UN coalition in 1991. [e]
- Weapons of mass destruction [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ballistic missile [r]: A guided missile which, once its engines stop firing, follows a generally parabolic path to its target, defined by momentum, aerodynamic resistance, and gravity [e]
Subtopics
- SS-1 SCUD [r]: A Soviet-designed short range and inaccurate ballistic missile, a near-copy of the Second World War V-2 missile, that was widely exported, copied, employed as a base for new development, and used in combat by Iraq [e]
- Operation NORTHERN WATCH [r]: Enforcement of the northern "no-fly" zone over Iraq (i.e., Kurdish areas), following agreements in the cease-fire of the Gulf War; primarily by U.S. air power but with allied involvement, the latter sometimes with more restrictive rules of engagement [e]
- Operation SOUTHERN WATCH [r]: Enforcement of the southern "no-fly" zone over Iraq (i.e., Shiite areas near the Saudi and Kuwaiti borders), following agreements in the cease-fire of the Gulf War; primarily by U.S. air power but with allied involvement, the latter sometimes with more restrictive rules of engagement [e]