If the most exciting and representative modern war is the Gulf War. In this war, people not only saw the huge gap between other countries and the United States, but also saw the gap between modern warfare and traditional warfare methods. The protagonists of the war at that time were Iraq and the United States, when Iraq was still under Saddam Hussein's rule, with thousands of missiles, millions of troops, and ten thousand tanks of steel. With Iraq's strength at the time, it was clearly undisputed that it ranked third or fourth in the world. However, it was such a powerful country that, 42 days after the US military launched the offensive, it was completely defeated and the war ended.
The Iraqi era was brought to an end, Saddam's rule was completely crushed, and Saddam himself was imprisoned. Many people think that the WAR launched by the United States against Iraq stems from the Kosovo War, but in fact, Kosovo is just an excuse for the US military to act against Iraq. Iraq has the oil resources that the United States dreams of, and even if it is for various reasons, the United States must get iraq as a valuable resource. Cooperation is clearly impossible, and the only way to do that is to take it for yourself. But after the war, what many people did not understand was why a country as powerful as Iraq was defeated under the attack of the United States and lasted less than 42 days.
Some netizens said that if the Iraqi army that fought with the US military was replaced by the People's Liberation Army, the outcome would definitely be different. However, British military experts believe that even so, the outcome will not change anything. The only difference is that the results take longer than 42 days. At that time, the United States already had the nuclear strike capability of the trinity of land, sea and air, and modern combat weapons and strategies were among the most advanced in the world. At that time, the only one who could compete with them was Russia, so even if the PEOPLE's Liberation Army was replaced by the People's Liberation Army to participate in this battle, the final outcome would not change in any nature.
From the overall situation, the Gulf War changed the traditional tactics of man-sea warfare, adopting modern scientific and technological warfare and information warfare. The investment of a large number of high-tech weapons has made Iraq not react at all, and it has not even been able to deploy defenses, let alone fight back. The Gulf War has also awakened many countries, making them realize that backwardness will be beaten, even if it is a strong country. Because in the face of more powerful countries, even strong countries are difficult to resist a heavy blow.