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1. Secret carbon-fiber warheads blinded Iraqi air defenses

Author

Fulghum, David A.

Subjects
Tomahawk (Missile) -- Equipment and supplies, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Carbon fibers -- Military aspects, Air defenses -- Causes of, Aerospace and defense industries, Business, Transportation industry
Abstract

Iraq's electric power plants were bombed by Tomahawk cruise missiles equipped with warheads filled with carbon fibers during the early hours of the Persian Gulf War. The carbon fibers caused transformers and other electrical apparatus to short circuit, thereby blinding electronic air defenses.

Published
1992

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