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23 Φεβ 2021 · The Persian Gulf region—which includes Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Iraq—contains an estimated 50 percent of the world's oil reserves and thus plays a strategic geopolitical role.
1 Ιαν 2001 · In the Persian Gulf, the 1991 Scud-hunting campaign, while destroying only a few of the mobile TELs, ultimately dissuaded Israel from entering the Gulf War —thereby meeting its key strategic objective of preserving the fragile Arab coalition against Iraq. Specific Objectives in a Limited Area Would Maximize SOF Effectiveness
This book summarizes likely challenges to U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf, identifies key uncertainties and trends, and assesses the implications of those trends for the United States.
18 Μαΐ 2010 · The U.S. must determine how best to promote long-term security and stability in the Persian Gulf region while seeking to reduce the risks and costs imposed by its role as a permanent regional power—particularly vis-à-vis Iraq's future, the role of Iran, asymmetric threats, regional tensions, and the roles of other external actors.
The 1990–1991 war in the Persian Gulf was one of the most thoroughly reported and commented-on military actions in U.S. history. It etched a series of vivid media images in the public mind: tracer fire over Baghdad on the first night of the war; laser-guided bombs entering air shafts to destroy buildings with pinpoint accuracy; the "highway of death" where allied forces attacked Iraqi ground ...
At the same time, several factors will make the security of the Persian Gulf an increasingly vital issue over the coming decade. First, Europe will continue to import vast amounts of oil from the Persian Gulf to meet its energy needs. Second, Gulf oil supplies will remain vulnerable to a host of internal and external threats.
1 Ιαν 1994 · Another common claim about the Gulf War is that the coalition's victory was based primarily on a revolution in weapons technology. The authors point out, however, that much of the technology was not all that revolutionary. The average age of the air systems used in ODS was close to 14 years.
Rathmell, Andrew, Theodore W. Karasik, and David C. Gompert, A New Persian Gulf Security System, RAND Corporation, IP-248-CMEPP, 2003.
Air superiority operations took place throughout the entire six weeks of the 1991 Persian Gulf war. Allied control of the air over Iraq was achieved, however, for all practical purposes during the earliest hours — and even minutes — of combat.
The threat that the Soviet Union poses to Western access to Persian Gulf oil encompasses several levels. On one level, there is a military threat of invasion and occupation of one or more oil-producing countries. The former buffer state of Afghanistan is now under Soviet control. The USSR's borders are contiguous with Iran and, in effect, Pakistan.
