Dessert Storm: A Focus on Terrain Analysis Support

Abstract

From the onset of the Iraq invasion of Kuwait, the Terrain Analysis Center (TAC) of the U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) was involved extensively in providing terrain and water resources information to combat forces deployed to Saudi Arabia, intelligence organizations, mapping agencies and various Federal agencies. Terrain and water resources information became vital factors in planning of the invasion routes to locating Scud-missile launch sites, a detailed assessment of terrain conditions was required by all. This paper will discuss several of the initiatives provided by TAC to out combat forces and supporting activities during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA254141

Entities

People

  • Theodore W. Howard

Organizations

  • Army Geospatial Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arabia
  • Army Operations
  • Communication Channels
  • Databases
  • Digital Data
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Groundwater
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Middle East
  • Military Operations
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Security
  • Water
  • Water Resources

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