South African Reacts To Desert Storm - The Air War, Day 1
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South African Reacts To Desert Storm - The Air War, Day 1
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If I'm not mistaken, the Iraq military was the 4th strongest in the world. At that time. And we rolled through them with ease. This "all out" war, is where we exceel.
The problem is always in the politics and image. Saddam had made a lot of people in the world his personal enemies and no one would bat an eye at any level of force, short of nuclear, used against him.
@@chrismaverick9828 It was a lot like a bully "getting his just desserts."
We had an excellent general leading our forces. I can't spell his name.😜
Stormin Norman Schwarzkopf. "The bear". We dismantled all their air defense in like two hours and built and dropped two new bunker buster bombs made from decommissioned howitzer barrels in three weeks. We were done with Saddam and his nonsense.
I always like watching the jets. I like to see A10 warthog in action.
I was there, I fought in Desert Storm. it was around the clock strikes, we did not stop, it was planned out very systematically, our first priority was to blind them, then cut off the head, then kill it. we targeted communications first, to keep them from talking to each other and passing along orders to individual units, then airfields to keep their air force on the ground, and shoot down any of their air assets in the air and on the ground, then power generation to deny them of using any equipment that requires electricity, then roads and bridges, to keep them from using them to re supply their forward units, or communicating through direct travel communications, and it also kept the forward units separated from every one else and effectively trapped them in their positions, while we spent 5 weeks starving them by not allowing re supply, by the time the ground war began, they were so weak, hungry, thirsty and dehydrated, they really had no choice but to surrender in huge numbers, many of them needed medical attention, water and food, because of the 5 weeks of relentless bombing, and preventing them from being supplied, is probably one of the major reasons why the ground war lasted only 96 hours,
Wow! Thanks for sharing this!
This war became prime time viewing back then. I came home from work every day and turned on CNN and watched live satellite broadcasts from Baghdad by their anchors of the city under attack. General Schwarzkopf would give incredible nightly news conferences that were more like post game highlight shows, featuring the occasional video of laser guided bombs hitting targets like bridges, buildings, SCUD launchers, and even a video of an Iraqi soldier, waving a white piece of cloth, surrendering to a spotting drone from one of the battleships. The entire war was surreal and for the first time the American taxpayer was seeing what all that money had been buying after the post-Vietnam War military makeover and investment in quality over quality in both personnel and equipment. It was like watching Mike Tyson beat the crap out of the same poor schmuck every single night, over and over again, and that poor punch drunk idiot's corner being too stubborn to throw in the towel.
,😂yes it was love the analogy
I worked in a F117 Squadron during Desert Shield/Storm i remember the first night it was surreal seeing the aircraft come back open their Bomb bay doors and the 2000 lb GBU 10's are gone. Just knowing that those bombs probably killed people was REAL
Jeraldo Rivera almost got thrown off the ship he was imbedded with because he reported on the location of the ship in one of his broadcasts and compromised operational safety. It didn't help that the crew thought he was an A-hole.
F-18 firing an Aim-9 Sidewinder (IR missile) and Aim-7 Sparrow (Radar Missile) simultaneously is pretty nuts
I remember watching it live on CNN. The reporters were in a hotel watching filming and reporting what they saw out their windows. Amazing
If you can find it, watch the Mini-Series "Generation Kill" It is about a US Marine Forward Observer unit. A Rolling Stone Reporter who was embedded with them, when they went into Iraq at the beginning of the Iraq War, wrote the book.
Major props to the Patreon member who requested this. Youre a real one
I was in the US Army stationed in Korea near the DMZ at the time and tensions were super high there.
I remember this war so vividly. My son was born just a few weeks after the start and since I was awake several times a night to feed him, I constantly had CNN news on watching the progress. Seems unreal that this was 32 years ago 😮
We had a small FOB in Saudi Arabia just 12 kl from Kuwait and all night we could hear the aircraft leaving and returning .
Sparrow = AIM 7
Sidewinder = AIM 9
HARM = AGM 88
Maverick = AGM 65
TJ on the Downed F16 was from U S Air Base Torrejon Spain
My son was in one of the fueling planes, that did the first bombers from stateside. He would drop the hose. Don't know how many timed. Funny he was on a tanker flying and when I was in VN. in the Navy 70-73 two tours. I was on a fleet oiler, that carried everything. Fuel, Bombs, and Supplies. I worked a fast rigs, sending bombs and supplies.
A military that projects power cannot live long without the logistics train behind them. Thank you for your service, sir. You were all part of the military machine that was effective in itself, even if the politicians were foolish. Never let anyone take away the bond and purpose you lived with so many others.
I watched this all live on TV in my shop while working on a project for a large home show in Indianapolis.
I cannot wait for the remainder of the series.
20:19 probably the most iconic photo from that "war"
16:34 - 16:43 Very clever indeed. That move right there is what fifty years (at that time) of experience with R&D plus Cold War and (sometimes) combat gets you.
I was teaching a Navy class. We took a "break" went into the lounge. Within 15 minutes, half the schoolhouse was sitting there mostly in silence. Yep...I won't forget that night.
My Daddy was a part of this. R. I. P. MSGT. Audy Ingle ❤🤍💙
Love this series, love this channel. Great combo! Ty sir!
This is why it's so important that top secret documents not be allowed to fall into the wrong hands, sources from around the world risked their lives to provide the information needed for a precise strike and successful mission, had a con man stolen and sold any document related to this surprise attack, it would have been fatal for our military and all the other coalition forces..
Fortunately Trump was not yet President
I was still really young when this happened. My father is retired now, but he is a veteran of this conflict. He was in the Air Force and his unit was combat communications, using satellite communications or "SatCom". I have a photo of him at one of his ground sites, talking one on one with General Norman Schwarzkopf. The guy people usually call Stormin' Norman. He was a good leader really. He cared about the troops and they loved him.
My father was away for many months and I didn't really understand where he even went. I remember the day he came home finally and I was outside playing in the yard. My sister, who is older than me, ran over to hug him and I just sat there looking at him confused. Not knowing where he had been.
It's cool to look at videos like this now that I'm older and understanding just what my father was a part of. I remember I made a penpal from Japan once and we got to talking about our parents. Coincidentally her and her family were in Kuwait at the time. Her father was merchant of some sort and they couldn't leave the country until Kuwait was liberated. My father later retired at the top of the pay scale for enlisted. Only a couple of people per state made it to the rank he was.
As General Norman Schwartzkof said "this battle will be studied in military war colleges for centuries to come". It was that scary good. "Shock and awe" baby. The American doctrine of war is overwhelming force.
I remember this vividly. There was talk that the US might use the draft for this war, but that didn't end up happening. The Iraqi military was no joke and definitely in the top 10 in the entire world at the time. It is pretty scary how efficient the military operations were conducted during this war. It is an example of the US military fighting a war when it is an actual war and not little piecemeal objectives and operations. All of the coalition forces were well disciplined and the coordination of the strikes and assets were all done masterfully. The upper level generals and commanders get a lot of the strategic credit, and rightfully so, but there isn't enough praise available for the soldiers and pilots that actually carried out the orders and completed the missions during this war.
I think Ward Carroll has a good video somewhere on how confused and complicated the coalition CNC was in that conflict. It was complicated to hell and back, and opening night went off with few hitches in spite of it all. Every layer worked as it should and in spite of surprises against the Apaches attacking Baghdad and a few others, nothing really unexpected happened. It was well planned and everyone had their objectives and Time On Target. That the 4th largest military on the planet followed doctrine enough for the coalition plans to succeed against it... Props to them for following their plans, but those plans were (arguably unknowingly) wrong in the face of new forces with GPS tech and a solid battle plan.
I'm a Shield/Storm Veteran, I appreciate the interest in this Op, altough this might seem strange to you... I remember thinking that We were taking it too easy on them...
My younger brother was in a Bradley and they took out a tank and some other vehicles. He said they were all cheering until the Iraqi soldiers poured out of one vehicle, all of them on fire.
Those were crazy times no doubt!!!
We listened to the war all day at work and watched the vids once we got home.
This is also when I got into politics.
Wow! Just Amazing!
I was with 1st Squadron 7th Cavalry the Division Cavalry for the 1st Cavalry Division it was awesome watching those planes with night vision goggles... oh and the B52's when they dropped the bombs was sooo amazing 15 miles away and you can feel the shock waves!!
After you pause a video it's a good idea to back it up at least a few seconds so you don't miss anything.
There used to be a video, of an Iraqi commander of some sort, closing his curtains. The video gets closer and closer, and you can almost watch his expression change, just before the missile hit him in the face. The video cuts out on impact.
I’m so impressed by this video!!!
My South African brother, just subscribed to you. If you're in South Africa my brother be safe. Best wishes Michael Australia.
You should watch a video on the battle of 73 Easting of desert storm... largest tank battle since WW2
I was in the Army and in Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and I remember this night vividly. Soooooooooo many aircraft sorties that just seemed non-stop. I wish they had done a better job against mobile SCUD launchers, though - we got hit 12 times with SCUD attacks. Thank god for Patriot missiles!
I had forgotten that we were still using F4 Phantoms as wild weasels and EF111s. I remember every evening Dad would park in front of CNN. This was one of the few time I can remember we were allowed to eat dinner in the living room. I was in my mid 20s at the time and getting ready to go back to college having finally figured out what I wanted to study.
Do the ground war all parts next, love these videos
I never forget Schwarzkopf in his briefing when he called that guy in the truck going over the bridge " The Luckiest Man in Iraq " just as he got over the the bridge went boom. I was 23 when this happened in 1991
That lucky guy was probably killed on the blast anyway
I really like your upbeat attitude. I enjoy your videos
Added note.... I never fought in Desert Storm. I did get to fight in Operation Iraqi Freedom though. I served in the U.S. Army an was an 11 Bravo (Infantry) so I fought in Iraq. I just wasn't there in 91. I guess in the end I would rather have fought there in 91 because by the Army's perspective Desert Storm is known as the 100 hour war. Meaning the ground assault was supposedly 100 hours long.
Thank you, sir. '91 was a war of specific, detailed objectives against an enemy that had Soviet doctrine as a guide. With the new GPS and weapons, and an effective and layered strategy, it was over quick. What you endured was a Charlie-Foxtrot of politics not seen since Vietnam. Things had changed and strategic objectives were hazy. I don't blame you or the other warriors. All soldiers just do their duty and try to survive. Whether their lives have value is determined, these days, by people who couldn't fight their way out of a $10 whorehouse.
I have not heard of a single instance in a war reporters were spared because of their press status. They are truly brave. Mortars don't care if just press.
I hope you watch the full series it's not a lot of videos.
One of the best ways they fooled Iraq is with radar seeking missiles from coalition forces. As soon as they turned on their radar the missiles followed the signals back the their source.
Stormin Norman Schwarzkopf was a tactical genius!!!
I was at a cub scout night at a friend's house when the war broke out. I didn't comprehend it then, but later came to realize that it represented how war had changed since Vietnam. Hyper-War is pretty much the idea. Get in, get it done, and end it fast so the losses are minimized on the friendly sides. Saddam got his ass kicked in a big way that even most first-world nations had no idea could happen.
Awesome to see man! Can’t wait to see you get through this serues
The F-117 stealth pilots who went into downdown Baghdad with the sky lit up, bullets and missiles flying, wrote letters to their wives, children, and families before the mission. Most said they never expected to come back. One comedian among them said with some positivity "half of us will survive this". In fact, they all survived.
fyi ------ The B-52's fly so high you cannot hear them coming or going.
Imagine sitting and eating lunch, then all of a sudden 82 500 pound bombs suddenly start exploding all around you........
the US standard for "time on target" is 3 seconds.
just have to watch the Ground War Day 1 next.
I didn't need to watch it on TV
I WAS THERE!!!!
Desert storm was the first gulf war started in 1991
If there’s anything about operation desert storm that you want to find out about just ask because I was in the infantry in the Marine Corps during operation desert shield/storm, and we went through the burning oil fields into Kuwait city
Remember that night well was patriotic guy
The Grand Puba!
F 111 and f16 were my planes when in USAF. Great planes
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I don't think I missed but a few hours of the war. I would sleep while watching the war. CNN was all we had for 24 hour news. I remember my mother and I watching a few of our troops being interviewed as a tomahawk whizzed past the camera. I lmao!
We also watched the guy we all called Baghdad Bob who was the minister of information, or something, who was telling the press that the Americans were no where near Baghdad just as an Abrams pulled into view behind him. He was such a joke.
War is a terrible thing but this 24/7 news coverage was hysterical!
My daughter was deployed to Iraq and I was so scared for her
I can't imagine your fear. It was scary to me and I didn't have a loved one there.
I seen news guys watch a cruse missile go down the street and turn left at the corrner crazyest thing i ever seen
Peace, Love!! Unless that doesn't work.
The F15 Eagle has OVER 100 kills in Combat with ZERO Losses. Most of the Eagle kills are by Israeli pilots
I know some young men and women who survived desert storm and dessert shield
When they say coalition aircraft, that means American. When they say coalition naval task group, they mean American.
Tomahawks at 100 ft above ground, that can follow a highway ... with 500 lb C4 warhead ... is a bad day ;-(
The History Guy on You Tube has a really interesting video about the Soviet Night Witches of WWII. It's a pretty exciting and impressive story. I've watched it several times.
I remember I was about to turn 5. Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and our military sent aircraft to Saudi Arabia. I have never seen so many aircraft in the sky at one time. My dad said look they are putting on a air show for your birthday. I believed him because I was so young. Little did I know I would be part of the next war with Iraq. How many people can say they have lived in Mesopotamia the birth place of civilization? I can I loved and hated Iraq it was a beautiful country and I loved working with my buddies the best guys in the world. I hated the heat and getting blown up and shot at.
Can’t wait for the next one
NO. A-10 thunderbolt 2. NOT. Warthog. Can anyone get the name of that plane right. William s
Don’t die, a rule
Iraq had one of the strongest Air Forces and mechanized forces in the world at the time. Their problem was that the combined forces aligned against them were a bit better and that's all they had to be. While the military forces of Iraq were willing to die for Iraq, our forces obliged them and promptly dispatched them as our forces felt it was more beneficial to make the enemy die for his country than for our forces to die for Iraq.
This war is the reason I joined the Navy. Worst mistake of my life, Just kidding. Although I was sure thinking that as we did loops in the Arabian Gulf. I've NEVER been that freaking hot before. Even on the sea it was ungodly hot.
#SemperFi
the missuri is the ship the japanes surrenderd on it isnow a musium ship that you can tour she is moored in pearl harbor not far from the arizona memorial
Interesting fact about desert storm. The Iraq military along with everyone else in the world at the time assumed that the flat, featureless desert would be to their advantage. The United States and coalition forces would have no landmarks for which to manuvver their troops. The visitors would be forced to move slowly, only during the daytime and use traditional navigation techniques. Progress would be slow and careful. Except that's not at all what happened. Coalition troops moved the through the desert with lighting speed and manuverability. Planes in the sky performed thousands it sorites in coordination with hundreds of planes at a time. Coalition armour moved with ease, searching out enemy battle groups before they even knew they were being hunted.
How did this happen?
Well the US had been working on a top secret invention for decades and we're finally able to employ it for the frst time in public. What was that invention ? GPS. Global positioning system. That's right. The same gps in our phones today and in our cars. The us forces were using gps to navigate the desert when no one else,certainly not the iraqis even knew it existed.
we didnt have the GPS in our Cavalry Troop 1/7 Cav all we had was maps and the compass I never got lost but then you pay attention to everything
@@darinhassett4708 thank you for your service first and foremost. No at the troop level the chances of you using a gps were very rare. 700k ground troops and only a handful of devices to go around 1991, GPS had been utilized for more than ten years by aircraft, Special Operations teams, and in limited training missions. The system was relatively unknown to much of the Army at the time. During Operation Desert Shield, Special Operations teams were inserted behind Iraqi lines with missions that would have been unthinkable without the use of GPS. With a large scale operation against the occupying Iraqi Army on the horizon, Army commanders realized the need to supply frontline units with the GPS devices. The problem was the limited number of devices on hand. In an October 1991 newsletter, the Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) noted only 500 demonstration receivers were owned by the Army at the outset of Operation Desert Shield. As a result, commercial receivers were rapidly procured. Still, when operations started on February 24, 1991, only selective units and vehicles were equipped with the new technology. For example, of the VII Corps' 40,000 vehicles in theater, only 3,000 received a GPS unit. Those vehicles needing the devices often included forward and reconnaissance elements, unit commanders, and artillery surveyors. There were instances of troops buying their own GPS devices. Lieutenant General Frederick Franks, the VII Coprs Commander, noted after the war, "They [GPS receivers] were invaluable in avoiding fratricide and allowing accurate navigation and artillery fires."
G-day came on February 24, beginning at 0400. U.S. Army units in both the VII Corps and XVIII Airborne Corps quickly realized the value of the GPS units. With the unexpectedly rapid advance of coalition forces, heavy reliance was placed on these small devices while navigating in a featureless desert landscape. The 24th Infantry Division used the receivers to link phase lines for the assault, helping to maintain command and control. Although seven different types of GPS devices were used during the war two models comprised the clear majority. The AN/PSN-10 Small Lightweight GPS Receiver (SLGR, pronounced "Slugger") was favored with approximately 4,000 devices deployed. The SLGR is a small rectangular, box-like hand-held unit developed by Trimble Navigation. It weighs about four pounds and can be mounted to a vehicle or aircraft. The second most prevalent device was the NAV 1000M Receiver, made by Magellan, still a leading company in GPS technology. It was smaller than the SLGR and is powered by AA sized batteries. Approximately 1,000 of these devices were utilized during the war.
One of the biggest single loss happened when an AC-130 went down and with a total liss of all 13 Airmen in a single accident of the coast of Kuwait. God Bless and RIP to all who were lost in Desert Storm.❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎💗🤍🙏🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦🇨🇵
Dang, I've never heard of that incident.
Now take that set of Aircraft with equipment up grades since 1919. Russia itself would take maybe a week. No Boots on the ground. " SEAD" Suppression of Enemy Air defenses then take it apart. As you saw in The DS Operation. Go in take out all enemy radar, and air defense with special aircraft, missiles, then take it apart. You watched it, it's like an orchestra in action each piece controlled for max effect!. AWACS being the director of air battle. This is why Ukraine wants F16 multi role plane. RET VET USA.
i grauated high school in 88 had i been able to enlist i might have been in the middle of this pre existing medical condition kept me out of military
No... It's nothing like a video game.
Embedded journalists are extremely brace. Ross kemp is my favorite.
I love this shit! It's a symphony of destruction.
An estimated 1.1 million Iraqis died (90% civilians), including 500,000 children, as a result of Desert Storm and the sanctions that followed. Below is a partial list of Iraqi infrastructure destroyed. Most of these are war crimes.
> A total of 676 schools were attacked, completely destroying 38 of them, eight of which were university facilities.
> The US bombed 28 civilian hospitals and 52 community health centers.
> A major hypodermic syringe facility in Hilla was destroyed by laser-guided rockets.
> In Baghdad alone 25 mosques were bombed, with another 31 mosques bombed elsewhere in the country.
> Eighty-five percent of all power generation was destroyed, which left only two of Iraq’s 20 electricity generating plants functioning, generating less than four percent of the pre-war output of 9,000 megawatts.
> Almost half of Iraq’s 900,000 telephone lines had been destroyed, with 14 central exchanges irreparably damaged and 13 more put out of service indefinitely.
> Iraq’s eight major multipurpose dams were repeatedly hit and heavily damaged.
> Four of Iraq’s seven major water pumping stations were destroyed, and 31 municipal water and sewage facilities were hit with bombs and missiles, 20 in Baghdad alone.
> The bombing targets included 139 bridges, 26 in Basrah alone.
> Iraq’s baby milk powder factory at Abu Ghraib, the only such factory in the whole region, was attacked three times-on January 20, 21 and 22, 1991.
> Grain silos and farms were attacked across the country, decimating over 30 percent of the sheep and cattle herds and destroying the country’s poultry production.
@@cygnusx-3217 And all that could have been avoided if they had just left Kuwait when ordered to. They had half a year to comply and refused.
@@jdanon203 1-War crimes are always war crimes and there's never a justification for them. War criminals must always be held to account.
2-The George HW Bush administration told Saddam Hussein that his dispute with Kuwait was a "regional Arab conflict" and the US would not get involved. Only a few years prior the US had supplied Saddam -- who was a US ally --- with chemical weapons to fight Iran. Saddam interpreted the Bush administration's remarks as a green light to invade. Instead, it was a carefully laid trap.
The reason we were so effective in this was because the US military was designed to fight a standing war. Many countries use a russian strategy and mass produce in numbers, we design our systems to destroy numbers.
Gorilla fighting is significantly harder to deal with, the enemy disguises themselves as civilians. Its a longer and more costly war. Hence why we spent so long in iraq and afgan years later.
We have slowly switched to fight a gorilla war, though we are still mainly aimed at standing militaries. No standing military in the world can beat us, that 100% pure fact. Even china would get mowed down.
If you want to fight an enemy with superior technology and firepower, you dont fight in the open, you ambush, boobytrap with IEDs, hit and run.
Ahmed AL Jaber AB is where I spent my 19th and 20th birthday for operation southern watch. You should see the holes in the concrete aircraft hangers and how being thick did not seem to help. If I ever dig them out, I will send you copies.
Had my 21st in a firebase outside of Balad in 03... what a life huh? 20 years ago in a week.
@@shalakabooyaka1480 Nice brother glad you made it back in one piece. I figured out I was off on my time line, it was 18th Basic in Texas then 20 and 21 in the sand box. I was an A-10 crew chief so I hope those maybe offered a little help out at the fire base on bad days.
i had my 18th in basic, my 19th and 20th at dhaharan, my 21st at psab, and my 22 and 23rd at al dhafra. i feel yah buddy🎂
Name one of other nation that could logistically do what we did I wait lol
Locally, in the region, nobody liked the Kuwaiti's. They were filthy rich, and they broke OPEC embargoes to sell oil to the US when other OPEC countries were embargoing the US.
Saddam regarded them as many local people did, not favorably. They had little to no military. And they actually were, in fact, drilling sideways into Iraq to extract Iraqi oil underground.
But while not popular with the OPEC nations locally, Kuwait had solidified _strong_ alliances with the US, by softening the blow of the 70's oil embargo.
When Iraq invaded Kuwait, it didn't end up in the back page of the papers, like a coupe de estate in some parts of the world might. Saddam had grossly miscalculated the alliances involved.
Also, the cold war had just ended, only about a year before this. So the US military was at it's all-time peak of fighting capability, and for the first time in 45 years, had nothing to do. So bad timing was another factor for Iraq. There would not have been some 3000 aircraft, 600,000 troops, and thousands of armored vehicles sent to Kuwait, if NATO was still arm-wrestling with the USSR.
Lastly, Iraq's military was broadly speaking made up of slightly outdated Soviet hardware. "Exactly" the hardware the coalition forces were designed to take out. Throughout the cold war, the US and USSR tried to field new hardware which would render each other's existing & numerous forces obsolete. The cold war was a sort of economic war in that way, through defense spending, and R&D to neuter the other side's 'already spent' defense spending. Saddam's army was the 4th largest in the world, but it was made almost entirely of hardware which had just become obsolete in the prior 6-7 years. Few people outside the US (and probably newly unemployed Russian) military industry realized this though.
The result of all that was one of the most lopsided battles in history. At the start of it, the news really didn't grasp just how lopsided it would be. Iraq technically outnumbered coalition forces, at least in the region. But anyone intimate with the defense industry in the US knew that it would be "astonishingly" one sided. Traffic accidents back in the US ended up being more dangerous to un-deployed troops, than Iraq was to deployed troops. Before the first shots were fired, I felt quite bad for the Iraqi soldiers. At shift change at the local air base, very few people went home. You could tell from the parking lot what the news would be very soon. Saddam really should have just said "we proved our point about the drilling" and left Kuwait. Pride can be a very dangerous thing. He had even less understanding than the tv reporters as to what was about to occur.
At least Bush the elder had the common sense to just destroy Iraq's military, and drive them out of Kuwait, not invade and try his hand at nation-building...
Was there done that.
War correspondents are some of the worlds many unsung heroes. It's a very, very important job. Especially in the modern day's information war.
They are fuckin nutjobs lol. We had an imbed in 03 and the dudes just chillin in his little vest and k-pot
Do unto others. What has been done to me.
America really needs to speed up development of supersonic and hypersonic missiles. That is the greatest weakness of the American military today.
Let's get one thing straight here. "Coalition" is 99% USA.
Salmon radar sites?
Russia: "Kyiv in 3 days."
Um, oops.
Don't make war unless you are ready and only if you can win. War is never justified if you lose. Iraq was ready, and waited until the US was ready. At that point Iraq couldn't win but the US could. Iraq had a dictator and the US had an elected leader.
Right or wrong Iraqs military was 20 times the size of Kuwait. It was ad unfair of a war that ever happened.
You must understand that this is over 30 years ago. The US has gotten MUCH stronger and more capable since then. Compare this to the war in Ukraine. Russia can not doing ANYTHING even close to this scale 30 years later. The US does not push for air superiority, but instead DEMANDS air dominance.
This is very confusing!
To be fair, America had some help from the Brits.
Just something to think about... 35 nations sent a million men to free Kuwait. Zero nations sent zero men to Ukraine. They were finally given military equipment... Begrudgingly. Ukraine has no oil. Funny how that works.
Russia has nukes, Iraq doesn't. Also, the military equipment was not given begrudgingly, at least not by the USA and Eastern Europe.
Its not because of oil. Its because Kuwait stood no chance to defend itself from Iraq, whereas Ukraine just needs some equipment and they can free themselves.
The country has abundant reserves of coal, iron ore, natural gas, manganese, salt, oil, graphite, sulfur, kaolin, titanium, nickel, magnesium, timber, and mercury.
Ukraine has (had) a massive agriculture industry. They were the single largest producer of sunflower seeds, meal and oil.
@@hobbiesofstefs7085 It had everything to do with oil. The middle east's oil supply is crucial to the global economy. That is why Russia invaded the middle east at the end of the 70s, and why the west took the first opportunity to protect it during the gulf war shortly after.
If that oil supply falls into the wrong hands, it will cause a global economic collapse not seen since the 1920s. The USA and allies do not want it for themselves but to defend against it's disruption. Just look at what is happening now with Russia's oil supply disrupted....imagine if that was the middle east's oil.
@@hobbiesofstefs7085 Interesting how no-one was willing to even help Ukraine until they showed they could stop the Russians.
Good videos 👍👻