Friday, March 21, 2003

The Technology Divide

The opening stages of the war against Iraq illustrate the vast technological difference between the opposing forces.
Not to mention the technological difference between the weapons being used by the coalition today and those used in 1991.

While the allies fired about 40 cruise missiles at targets deep inside Baghdad, Iraq responded by lobbing a handful of crude unguided rockets into the Kuwaiti desert that hit nothing or were intercepted by Patriot missile batteries.
Kuwaiti officials said Iraq had fired six missiles, at least two of them Scud-type weapons. Other reports said Iraq may have fired the short-range al-Samoud and the al-Fatah, and the anti-shipping Seesucker.
Just naming a missle the Seesucker tells you something about their technology.

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