This attack would allow for the President of the United States to order a small attack within four hours—either with U.S. aircraft or some fifty Tomahawk cruise missiles from Navy ships in the Persian Gulf. The plan was not devised as a way to invade Iraq, but was designed to be a larger attack than 1998's Operation Desert Fox.
This attack would enable the President to carry out a limited strike within four hours using either U.S. aircraft or fifty Tomahawk missiles from Navy ships in the Persian Gulf. The plan was not intended as an invasion of Iraq, but rather a larger operation than 1998's Operation Desert Fox.