If Soviet Union Participated in the 1991 Gulf War, Could They Defeat the United States?
8 min readMay 4, 2024
Although History Has No Hypotheticals, We Can Boldly Imagine
This article expresses my personal opinion; friends with different views are welcome to comment below :)
In the 1991 Gulf War, the U.S. faced an Iraqi army influenced by Soviet military thought and armed with Soviet weapons. They had a total force of 1.2 million, 5,500 tanks, 3,900 armored vehicles, hundreds of Scud missiles, and over 1,000 combat aircraft. They were indeed a formidable “steel…