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From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: re: Equipment Comparison
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Date: 12 Mar 91 23:37:27 GMT
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From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com
"A hypothetical: if the Allied forces had been equipped with Soviet
equipment, and the Iraquis had US equipment, would the results
have been much different?"
 
Yes, we would have lost.  The difference between US and Soviet 
equipment is vast.  With Soviet equipment you can't see your 
opponent, nor can you hit him even if he sprays orange florescent 
paint on his weapons.  It is not the heavy armor that makes the M1A1 
the most powerful weapon in the world, it is its ability to both see 
and hit its target.  The same goes for our airplanes whose precision 
munitions basically won the war.  Preliminary analysis shows that the 
imprecise B-52s had almost zero effect in the war.  
 
                                                           Eric Klien