In late January 1991 US president George Bush announced the beginning of Operation Desert Storm ... up hundreds of oil wells, burning through as many as one billion barrels as fires blazed ...

By the time of Operation Desert Storm, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps ... intended to use increased oil production from Iraqi oil sources to finance the rebuilding of his country and the ...

The M1A1’s success in Desert Storm can be attributed to its cutting-edge technology at the time. Its 120mm M256 smoothbore gun, paired with a sophisticated fire control system and thermal ...