The new Gulf War in the Bohai Rim, about the Gulf War

The vast majority of T-72s were destroyed from the air by US A-10 attack aircraft, AH-1 and AH-64***.

The Soviet Union was still basking in the splendor of World War II's steel torrent. During the Cold War, the Warsaw Pact placed 50,000 tanks in Europe.

In the face of the Warsaw Pact's tanks, NATO put forward the theory of air-ground integrated warfare, that is, to use absolute information warfare and air superiority to eliminate the Warsaw Pact's armored forces.

Marshal Ogarkov of the former Soviet Union led the elite team of the former Soviet Union to study for 2 years, trying to solve the air-ground integrated war. In the end, it was regrettably concluded that if there was no air supremacy, no control of the battlefield guaranteed by the superiority of information warfare, then there was no doubt that the tanks of the Warsaw Pact would become an iron coffin burning with fire.

For this, Marshal Ogarkov was demoted.

The First Gulf War was the first time that the theory of air-ground integrated warfare was put forward on the battlefield. The T-72 fiasco, although it came as a surprise to the whole world, was expected by NATO.

In the future, it is estimated that it will be difficult to have a tank battle like the Battle of Kursk. The West considers tanks to be a branch of the army in the twilight. After the United States made the M1A1, it no longer developed heavy tanks.

NATO's current tank and armored forces are all in moderation. The tanks of the United States, Britain, France, Germany and other countries are mainly exported.

The T-72 main battle tank is a main battle tank developed by the Soviet Union in 1967, in addition to a large number of service in the Red Army, it is also exported and authorized to be produced by Warsaw Pact allies Poland and Czechoslovakia, with a total output of 20,000 units. It made its debut in November 1977 at the Soviet military parade on Red Square to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution. Several battles have proven that this tank is only suitable for low-intensity conflict operations. 

In the maritime war that broke out in early 1991, the most devastation was the oil fields. Of the 1,080 oil wells in Kuwait at the time, some 950 were damaged in the war, more than 600 of which were ignited, burning some 6 million barrels of oil worth $100 million per day. The oil fire caused the worst environmental pollution in human history.

During the day, thick smoke billows and black clouds cover the sun, and at noon the visibility is only three meters, and at night the fire is blazing in the sky, and the mushroom-shaped smoke reaches into the sky. Burning oil wells release 10,000 tonnes of soot into the atmosphere every month, which is filled with carbon black particles, sulphur dioxide, nitric acid, carcinogenic hydrocarbons and a mixture of highly toxic dioxins. People experience a sharp increase in chest tightness, shortness of breath, heart disease, and respiratory ailments after inhalation.

Some toxic substances will gradually enter the food chain, leading to a surge in the number of cancer patients and various deformities in the coming decades. Sulphuric acid and nitric acid will produce acid rain that will destroy the extremely valuable vegetation and farmland of the surrounding desert countries. Tens of millions of barrels** flowing into the Persian Gulf have formed a large area of oil film at sea, and the seabirds stained with oil are desperately struggling and dying in the sea because they are unable to take off.

Thick smoke and oil film obscured the sunlight, depriving plankton of its life, and threatening to cut off the entire chain of marine life. The Persian Gulf is a near-closed environment, with very slow sea flow, and it takes about 200 years for all the water to be completely replaced. As a result, the restoration of ecosystems and fishery production in the region will be very difficult.

Not only that, but the disaster in the Gulf could also affect the Asian monsoon, causing reduced rainfall and drought in India and Southeast Asia.

The main reasons for the outbreak of the Gulf War were: 1. Iraq's armed occupation of Kuwait. By occupying Kuwait, Iraq was able to resolve the border issue between Iraq and Kuwait and the dispute over the development of oil in those areas.

The occupation of Kuwait is the most basic question of funding for the realization of the dream of dominating the Arab world.

In addition, after the occupation of Kuwait, Kuwait's huge debts were hedged to resolve or alleviate the domestic economic crisis caused by the Iran-Iraq war. Iraq's armed aggression against Kuwait triggered the Gulf Crisis, which directly led to the Gulf War. <>

Second, in the late 80s and early 90s, US-Soviet relations gradually eased up, the antagonism between the United States and the Soviet Union in regional conflicts gradually disappeared, and the Soviet Union, which originally supported Saddam's regime, gradually stopped interfering in Middle East affairs, creating an international environment for the US-led multinational forces to strike at Saddam's regime by force. <>

Third, the interests of Western countries led by the United States in the Middle East have been damaged. As an international consensus, oil is the driving force of the armed forces and the blood of economic development. If Iraq further threatens other Arab countries (especially Saudi Arabia) by occupying Kuwait and then further threatens them, it will be able to directly or indirectly control 60 percent of the world's oil resources, and Saddam Hussein will be able to use the oil resources in his hands to show off his might and manipulate the development of the international economy at will, and this is no different from holding the throat of the Western countries headed by the United States, which is absolutely intolerable to the Western countries or the people of the whole world.

Therefore, the possibility of resolving the Gulf crisis by force has become imperative.

The Gulf War was the first large-scale local war after the collapse of the world's bipolar system and the end of the Cold War. It profoundly reflects the changes in various contradictions in the transition of the world to a new pattern, and is the result of the partial intensification of these contradictions.

The reason why the Gulf region has touched the nerves of the United States and many other countries is mainly due to the fact that the region is extremely rich in oil and gas resources. The five largest oil producers in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran and the United Arab Emirates) are all in the Gulf region. Of the world's 20 largest oil fields, 11 are in the Gulf.

If Iraq were to annex Kuwait and then occupy Saudi Arabia, it would be able to control more than half of the world's oil resources, which would be like choking the throats of the major industrial countries of the West. Saddam Hussein, using the oil in his hands, could manipulate the economic development of the Western industrial countries and could then dictate to them. This is absolutely intolerable to the United States and some other major industrial countries.

In addition, Kuwait is one of the few rich countries in the world, with more than $100 billion in assets abroad and tens of billions of dollars in stakes in important Western industries. If these assets are siphoned off by Iraq, it will also cause huge losses to the Western economy. <>

The Gulf War had a serious impact on the problem of oil prices in Kuwait and around the world, as Iraq had set fire to hundreds of oil wells in Kuwait when it had lost the war. It burned for a few months, and during that time, the international oil price and the Middle East were very turbulent, but even so, the oil price is much better than the current situation of our domestic international price increase and price increase, international price reduction and no price reduction... The Gulf War allowed the United States to get more convenience in the Middle East than before. You can garrison a large number of troops here... The 911 incident and the Saddam Hussein murder issue made the US military save a lot of trouble, so that Bush Jr. could report his old sorrows and new hatreds for Bush Sr. The Gulf War was caused by Iraq's unreasonable demands on Kuwait because of domestic economic problems. After being refused, he sent troops to the border between the two countries, which was opposed by most countries around the world, especially the US-led NATO. The battle was over in forty or fifty days... Moreover, during this period, almost all of them were made by the United States as the main force, and Iraq's Soviet-made ** had nothing to do in the face of America's advanced tanks, aircraft, and strategic programs... Thus establishing the status of the United States as the world hegemon...

The Gulf War was the beginning of the bankruptcy of the melee tank, also known as the First Imentarak War. The second was purely a long-distance war triggered by an intelligence error.