That was 2003...............technology has improved in the last 17 years..........one of the reasons.......the USA gets itself involved in so many wars is b/c of technology.........WW2................itself............saw an enormous leap forward in aviation.................the US high command were willing to risk...20,000 Marines to assault a little island .......named Iwo Jima............ONLY b/c it had an airfield.........that from which American bombers could reach Tokyo and come back w/o refueling......

The DICK c...............................his company Halliburton made billions off of the Iraq war..........war is good for business and technology.............u see WAR in Yale U's Skull and Bones..........vault.............................New Haven, CT.........

The cruise missile attack was launched from one of five aircraft carrier battle groups located in the Persian Gulf at present. These include the USS Theodore Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman battle groups in the eastern Mediterranean and the USS Kittyhawk, Abraham Lincoln and Constellation battle groups currently deployed in the Arabian Sea.

Each of these battle groups consists of approximately eight surface vessels including missile carrying cruisers and destroyers. In addition, they are each accompanied by two Los Angeles class attack submarines capable of launching cruise missiles. Each battle group has approximately 75 operational aircraft at its disposal including US Navy F14 and F18 jet fighters.