Première Guerre du Golfe : 1er avril 1991 la moitié battue d'une bombe à fragmentation CBU-100 Combined Effects munition (CEM) américaine sur la route de la mort, à l'ouest de Koweït City sur la route principale menant à Bassorah.

• Contributeur: Johnny Saunderson / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2X1XB1M
• Taille du fichier: 99,4 MB (4,2 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 7200 x 4825 px | 61 x 40,9 cm | 24 x 16,1 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 1 avril 1991
• Lieu: Mutla Ridge, Kuwait.

Informations supplémentaires

Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.

This is just off the “Highway of Death”, Route 80, the main highway from Kuwait City to Basra, north of Al Jahra. The canister bears the message “Go Heels!”, which refers to North Carolina, the “Tar Heel” State. The CBU-100 contained 247 Mk 118 Mod1 bomblets (also known as a Mk-20 Rockeyes). In total, 27, 987 CBU-100s were dropped by US forces during Desert Storm, delivering 6, 912, 789 Mk 118 bomblets. This was the main weapon used on the night of February 26th on the Highway of Death when US aircraft decimated a large Iraqi convoy of military and stolen civilian vehicles heading for Iraq. They bombed the lead and rear vehicles and then dealt with the rest in the ensuing melée. After Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August 1990, coalition forces were quick to send their armies to both defend Saudi Arabia and to successfully oust the Iraqi forces by the end of February 1991.

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