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Secret carbon-fiber warheads blinded Iraqi air defenses
- Source :
- Aviation Week & Space Technology. April 27, 1992, Vol. 136 Issue 17, p18, 3 p.
- Publication Year :
- 1992
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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.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00052175
- Volume :
- 136
- Issue :
- 17
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.12105008