Gulf War
IMPACT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON WARFARE - GULF WAR 1991
Appendices:- A Army Deployment Comparison.
B Armament Used In Gulf War.
C Satellites Used In Op"Desert Storm".
D Anti - Tank Weapons Used In Op "Desert Sabre".
INTRODUCTION
1. "On the battlefield of the future enemy forces will be located, tracked and targeted almost instantaneously through the use of data-links, computer-assisted intelligence evaluation and automated fire control. With first-round kill probabilities approaching certainty and with surveillance devices that can continuously track the enemy, the need for large forces to fix the opposition physically will be less important. I see battlefields that are under 24 hour real or near-real-time surveillance of all types. I see battlefields on which we can destroy anything we locate through instant communications and almost instantaneous application of highly lethal firepower".
2. This quotation is from a speech made on 15 Oct 69 by Gen William Westmoreland, the then US Army's Chief of Staff, to the Association of the US Army. The General's vision has become a reality today because of the stupendous impact Toffler's "Third Wave" technologies like micro-electronics, composites, stealth, etc have had on warfare, and what better example to corroborate the fact than Saddam Hussein's `Mother of all Battles' or in popular parlance `Gulf War 1991'. Never in the history of warfare has technology unleashed such awesome power or delivered results as it did in the 43 day war. The blow-by-blow account and ring-side view of the war, the whole world was treated to in their sitting rooms, demonstrated the impact science and technology (S&T) has had on warfare.
3. The influence of technology on warfare is not something new. It has occurred from time immemorial. For example, the use of iron enhanced striking power as well as improved protective means; stirrups on horses greatly improved mobility; the
Appendices:- A Army Deployment Comparison.
B Armament Used In Gulf War.
C Satellites Used In Op"Desert Storm".
D Anti - Tank Weapons Used In Op "Desert Sabre".
INTRODUCTION
1. "On the battlefield of the future enemy forces will be located, tracked and targeted almost instantaneously through the use of data-links, computer-assisted intelligence evaluation and automated fire control. With first-round kill probabilities approaching certainty and with surveillance devices that can continuously track the enemy, the need for large forces to fix the opposition physically will be less important. I see battlefields that are under 24 hour real or near-real-time surveillance of all types. I see battlefields on which we can destroy anything we locate through instant communications and almost instantaneous application of highly lethal firepower".
2. This quotation is from a speech made on 15 Oct 69 by Gen William Westmoreland, the then US Army's Chief of Staff, to the Association of the US Army. The General's vision has become a reality today because of the stupendous impact Toffler's "Third Wave" technologies like micro-electronics, composites, stealth, etc have had on warfare, and what better example to corroborate the fact than Saddam Hussein's `Mother of all Battles' or in popular parlance `Gulf War 1991'. Never in the history of warfare has technology unleashed such awesome power or delivered results as it did in the 43 day war. The blow-by-blow account and ring-side view of the war, the whole world was treated to in their sitting rooms, demonstrated the impact science and technology (S&T) has had on warfare.
3. The influence of technology on warfare is not something new. It has occurred from time immemorial. For example, the use of iron enhanced striking power as well as improved protective means; stirrups on horses greatly improved mobility; the