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From: rcg@lpi.liant.com (Rick Gorton)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Hi-Tech Scorecard
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Date: 17 Apr 91 17:30:06 GMT
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From: rcg@lpi.liant.com (Rick Gorton)


> From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)
> AH64 Apache.  On the night of January 17, 1991, Apache attack helicopters
> from the 101st Div's Aviation Brigade fired the first shots of the war.
> Two teams of four Apaches each conducted a deep strike into western Iraq
> to destroy early warning radar sites.  The teams achieved complete
> surprise.  Eight Apaches fired 27 Hellfire missiles and destroyed both
> radar sites.

What kind of sites were they?  27 Hellfires would make a pretty loud "Bang"
no matter what the target.  The REALLY impressive part of this
is the fact that they achieved complete surprise.

rick