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• 9K31 Strela-1 [r]: A Soviet-designed, mobile, short-range surface-to-air missile, with the NATO reporting name "SA-9 GASKIN"; no longer a first-line Russian weapon, it is deployed on the BRDM armored reconnaissance vehicle chassis. ^[e]
• A-10 Thunderbolt II [r]: A heavily armed close air support and ground attack aircraft, which can loiter over a battlefield and then hit targets with great accuracy, while retaining high survivability against ground fire. ^[e]
• AGM-86 ALCM [r]: A long-range cruise missile that can be delivered anywhere in the world from U.S. bases, employing blast or precision penetrating warheads ^[e]
• AIM-9 Sidewinder [r]: The first operational heat-seeking air-to-air missile, this weapon, with five generations of improvements, has been in service for over fifty years. ^[e]
• ALQ-131 [r]: A pod-mounted intelligent radar jammer of 1990 vintage, with capabilities against both continuous wave and pulse radar in different frequency bands ^[e]
• ALQ-136 [r]: An obsolescent integrated radar detection and jamming system used on U.S. helicopters. ^[e]
• ARC LIGHT [r]: Code name for use of B-52 bombers to deliver very large amounts of conventional bombs to targets in South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War; the term has become generic for large-volume bomb drops against targets without significant air defenses ^[e]
• Air warfare planning [r]: The set of doctrines and procedures for carrying out all types of air warfare, as an integrated whole ^[e]
• Aircraft carrier [r]: A warship designed to launch and recover combat aircraft and aircraft that support military operations ^[e]
• American Civil War [r]: Major war 1861-65 fought over slavery in which the U.S. defeated the secessionist Confederate States of America. ^[e]
• Anti-aircraft artillery [r]: A general term for guns that can elevate to high angles and shoot accurately at aircraft, using visual, electro-optical, or radar guidance. ^[e]
• Arab [r]: People who identify with or recognise heritage from areas of the Middle East and North Africa on linguistic, cultural, ethnic or religious grounds. ^[e]
• Army National Guard (United States) [r]: Along with the active-duty regular Army and the United States Army Reserve, the third leg of the total forces of the United States Army ^[e]
• Attack helicopter [r]: A helicopter equipped with built-in heavy weapons, which has no standard cargo capacity and is used as a "flying tank" in close air support or battlefield air interdiction. ^[e]
• BGM-109 Tomahawk [r]: A U.S.-designed cruise missile, launched from vertical launch systems on ships and submarines, against land targets ^[e]
• Ballistic missile [r]: A guided missile which, once its engines stop firing, follows a generally parabolic path to its target, defined by momentum, aerodynamic resistance, and gravity ^[e]
• Carrier strike group [r]: In the U.S. Navy, the group of ships centered around a large aircraft carrier ^[e]
• Colin Powell [r]: A retired general in the United States Army who served in high political office, first African-American to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Secretary of State; minimally partisan although he considered himself a moderate Republican, not a neoconservative ^[e]
• Delta Force [r]: A generally covert U.S. Army unit in Joint Special Operations Command, specializing in hostage rescue and combat search and rescue, direct action, special reconnaissance, and counterterrorism. ^[e]
• F-111 [r]: A first attempt, and failure, to build a fighter aircraft with substantial commonality between the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy; the Navy fleet interceptor version never deployed, although the fighter bomber (informally the Aardvark), electronic warfare aircraft (informally the Spark Vark) and them medium bomber, was competent with the U.S. and Royal Australian air forces ^[e]
• F-15 Eagle [r]: A series of air superiority fighters, designed for the United States Air Force and flown by several countries; intended for the high role in the high-low mix; The F-15E Strike Eagle is a multirole fighter variant. ^[e]
• Fratricide (military) [r]: The killing of one's brother, but in a military context, the killing of one's own forces ("friendly fire"). ^[e]
• Gulf War, Iraqi integrated air defense system [r]: The combination of doctrine, command and control, radars, fighter aircraft, surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft artillery operated by Iraq at the start of Operation DESERT STORM in January 1991 ^[e]
• Gulf War [r]: The conflict started by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and ended with the liberation of Kuwait and major damage to Iraqi forces, by a US-led UN coalition in 1991. ^[e]
• H Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. [r]: Add brief definition or description
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• M113 (armored personnel carrier) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System [r]: Add brief definition or description
• MGM-140 ATACMS [r]: Add brief definition or description
• MH-53 Pave Low [r]: Add brief definition or description
• MIM-104 Patriot [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Marine Air-Ground Task Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Martin Dempsey [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Offensive counter-air [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Operation DESERT SABRE [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Operation DESERT SHIELD [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Operation LINEBACKER II [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Operation PROVIDE COMFORT [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Paul K. Van Riper [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Prepositioning ship [r]: Add brief definition or description
• RC-135 RIVET JOINT [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ryan Firebee [r]: Add brief definition or description
• SPOON REST radar [r]: Add brief definition or description
• SS-1 SCUD [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Saddam Hussein [r]: Add brief definition or description
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• Strategic bombing [r]: Add brief definition or description
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• Suppression of enemy air defense [r]: Add brief definition or description
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• Theater Battle Management Core System [r]: Add brief definition or description
• USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) [r]: Add brief definition or description
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