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Operational Level Objectives For Operation Desert Storm
The Operational Level objectives (end state) for Operation Desert Storm were to neutralize Iraqi leadership and command and control, destroy chemical, biological and nuclear capability, destroy Republican Guard Forces in Kuwait, eject Iraqi forces from Kuwait, and assist in restoring the government of Kuwait.
Disruption of the command and control was necessary to disorganize the Armed Forces of Iraq. In addition, weapons of mass destruction this is what the Coalition feared the most. It posed even greater threat to the civilian population in a region rather to the military personnel. The Republican Guard Forces were the backbone of the Armed Forces of Iraq and therefore it was necessary to destroy and expel them from Kuwait. After the achievement

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