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From: nelson_p@apollo.com
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Subject: Desert War
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Date: 9 Aug 90 01:59:54 GMT
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From: nelson_p@apollo.com
                                           
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   With all the talk about a war with Iraq I had a couple of
   questions.

   1.)  The Iraqis have surface-to-surface missiles for use
        against land targets.  What, if any, means do we have
        to shoot them down in flight?

   2.)  The Iraqis use gas warfare.   The chemical warfare gear
        that I've seen NATO use looks heavy, cumbersome, and hot.
        Since temperatures in the desert regularly exceed 100
        degrees this time of the tear how well can soldiers fight
        when equipped for a gas attack?
                                                    ---Peter