It can be clearly seen from the Gulf War that missiles have become one of the main weapons of war in modern warfare. During the fighting, Iraq fired 81 missiles at the Multinational Force, Saudi Arabia and Israel, and repeatedly threatened to project high-powered chemical weapons with missiles.
On the one hand, the United States, Britain and other countries threatened Iraq with chemical weapons and even nuclear retaliation, on the other hand, with 15% of the air combat force to carry out key strikes against Iraq's "Scud" missiles, and urgently deployed the "Patriot" anti-aircraft missile weapon system. The Scud missile became Iraq's main weapon of war.
Many military scholars believe that high-precision conventional missiles will become a deep strike force for modern "air-ground integration" operations, and if necessary, they can also undertake the task of delivering some nuclear weapons.
The SS-21, SS-22, SS-23 and other ground-to-ground missiles of the former Soviet Union have long been equipped with conventional warheads and can undertake the task of striking deep targets in contract operations. Therefore, the active development of conventional missile weapons and technologies at the present time has become the action of many States.