When Iraq launched modified SCUD missiles against Isreal during the Gulf war in 1991, the weapons used were low-precision weapons. About the only targets large enough to be hit were cities. The impact of the missles was substantial. Iraq almost succeded in provoking Isreal to retaliate with its air force, which could have split up the UN alliance and given breathing space to the Iraqis. The comparatively heavy impact achieved by the unqualified non-precision weapons of the Iraqis merits some reflection. It can be stated that ballistic low-precision missiles represent a potential to less resourceful and less developed countries and liberation movements etc. to put pressure on a rich developed country; and such pressure is a threat other than war in the traditional sense. But it is a threat with an international dimension. Thereby it has more of an affinity to war than some of the things that are today considered as threats for the Swedish total defense.


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    Titel :

    Verkan av Vapen med Lag Precision: Exemplet Israel under Gulfkriget (Impact of Low-Precision Weapons: The Case of Israel during the Gulf War)


    Beteiligte:
    P. Wulff (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1998


    Format / Umfang :

    22 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch