quote:Originally posted by Kosh: I think that if there had been any scuds fired it would have been major news, and been all over the press. That would be seen in the White House as vindication.
quote: The missile would be at least the 12th that Iraq is believed to have fired into Kuwait since the Iraq war began. Most have been Scuds, but at least two others were identified as Chinese Silkworms, Kuwait officials said.
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Odd. I always used Silkworms as shipkillers like Harpoon, or TLAMs like Tomahawk.
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quote:Originally posted by Kosh: I think that if there had been any scuds fired it would have been major news, and been all over the press. That would be seen in the White House as vindication.
quote: The missile would be at least the 12th that Iraq is believed to have fired into Kuwait since the Iraq war began. Most have been Scuds, but at least two others were identified as Chinese Silkworms, Kuwait officials said.
I stand corrected.
Since they have them, I'm surprised they haven't used them more. The chart at that link seems to indicate that the Scuds are the heaviest payload missiles they have, and our military is in range for the most part.
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