GAO report evaluates Operation Desert Storm weapon-system performance. (General Accounting Office)

Microwave Journal, August, 1996

A recent report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) (PEMD-96-10) examines the use, performance and effectiveness of individual weapon systems employed during Operation Desert Storm. The report focuses on the extent to which data from the conflict support claims made about weapon-system performance. In addition, the relationship between cost and performance for those systems is described. The degree to which goals of Desert Storm were achieved by air power and the key factors aiding or inhibiting the effectiveness of air power are discussed, and the contributions and limitations of advanced technologies to the accomplishments of the air campaign are identified.

While granting the success and decisiveness of the Desert Storm military operation, the GAO...

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