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Originally posted by Undertoad
Remember tw's note about *loaded* missiles not being able to fly further than the allowed range? These were loaded, and flew further than the allowed range.
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Al Saoud missiles only flew 100 miles. Since all that land up to just north of Basara (100 miles) is now dominated by Anglo/American forces, the Iraqis would need Scuds to attack Kuwait. Because the Al Saoud are such short range missiles, then Israel was way to far for attack. Either Iraqis are not using hidden Scuds or they have no missiles to fire. Kuwait has no missile attacks once those first 100 miles were invaded - the range of Al Saoud missiles.
They could only fly either just below or just above 150 kilometers which is arguementative nonsense. Did they fly farther than 150 kilometers? Split hairs because Al Saoud range was that irrelevant - unless one is despearate for an excuse to start a war. Once Basara was surrounded, the Al Saoud missile's limited 150 kilometer range (+ or - 10 kilometers) made it useless to attack Kuwait.