Iraq's air defenses pose greater threat than its air force, analyst says

The greatest threat to U.S. airpower in a war with Iraq will come from Iraq's air defense capabilities, not the Iraqi air force, according to military analyst Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "The [Iraqi] air force, in many ways, is a cipher. The helicopter...

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