In February 1991, in the Gulf region, the US-led multinational coalition launched a large-scale military offensive against the Iraqi army, which was known as the Gulf War. In just over a month, the U.S. military has more than 600 people with super-first-class scientific and technological equipment and corresponding tactics. However, it caused a huge amount of more than 100,000 people to the Iraqi army, which had considerable military strength at that time, and the economic losses caused were even more in the unit of 100 billion.
In this war, the U.S. military used a large number of advanced ** for the first time, and all kinds of modernization** were dazzling, making the whole world feel incredible.
The Allies first launched a "Desert Storm" operation against the Iraqi army with a large number of advanced fighters.
During this period, tactics such as electromagnetism, night warfare, and stealth warfare were used, which refreshed people's perception of air warfare: it turned out that a war could still be fought like this.
It took only ten days to occupy absolute air supremacy, and the crushing defeat of the Iranian side was doomed from then on. Not just a fiasco, but a quick fiasco.
The Gulf War was a modern war of great scale after the end of the Cold War.
It can be said that this local war in the Gulf region, in which many countries participated, had little to do with China.
However, in this war, our country has always paid close attention to it and has continued to make frequent moves.
Judging from what happened later, to borrow a well-known phrase on the Internet, it is - the Gulf War woke up China.
Specifically, it was to wake up a group of people of insight in China at that time, who were important leaders of the party and the army, such as the chairman and the general.
After the end of the Gulf War,After a few days, I took the time to say to the staff"Call Admiral ***, there is something important to discuss! ”
After receiving the notice, the general went to meet with him and gave a detailed report on the many issues involved in the Gulf War.
He expressed his views on some issues, and instructed all parties to study them well, find out where our gap is, and find a way to catch up.
The chairman's instructions are what *** wants to do.
Subsequently, he actively organized all quarters to conduct purposeful discussions on relevant issues, and achieved many remarkable results, pointing out the direction for the modernization of our army.
Under their foresight, a reform of strengthening the army in the new era has begun.