Military Analysis and History

  KHARG ISLAND – MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?           The international media is flooded with information regarding the US leadership's intention to perform a military operation to occupy Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. It is believed that seizing the island, which is Iran's primary oil hub, would deal a powerful blow to the Tehran regime. However, such an operation involves an assault and the occupation of the island by an expeditionary force. In other words, boots on the ground . [1]           Kharg Island is located 483 km from the Strait of Hormuz and 25 km from the Iranian coast. The shortest distance to the Saudi coast is approximately 190 km, as is the distance to the Kuwaiti coast. The island's surface area is about 20 km² . Source: https://www.britannica.com/place/Kharg-Island             A simple consultation of the map and a minimal knowledge of the situation show us ...

  BOOKS AVAILABLE ON GOOGLE BOOKS https://books.google.com/ 1.     The Gulf Missile Crisis - https://www.google.ro/books/edition/The_Gulf_Missile_Crisis/e_jBEQAAQBAJ?hl=ro&gbpv=1&dq=The+Gulf+Missile+Crisis&printsec=frontcover   The paper, published in 2018, foresaw certain aspects of the current Gulf conflict. Presentation : The theme of the book is the Al-Hussein ballistic missiles launching operations (Iraqi derivative of the soviet Scud missiles) during the First Gulf War (1991), their consequences and the International Coalition effort to prevent and to combat them.           The book focuses on the following aspects development: -        Al-Hussein ballistic missiles launching operations were ways the Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, used to respond against International Coalition Forces, led by USA, that were established to liberate Kuwait; Al-Husse...