United States Military Equipment And Supplies

U.S. intelligence agencies monitoring the Iran-Iraq War were chagrined to discover last year that they had grossly underestimated the impact of chemical weapons on the conflict. Confounding U.S. expectations, Iranian troops who marched fearlessly through Iraqi mine fields would "cut and run" when faced with poison gas.

U.S. intelligence agencies monitoring the Iran-Iraq War were chagrined to discover last year that they had grossly underestimated the impact of chemical weapons on the conflict. Confounding U.S. expectations, Iranian troops who marched fearlessly through Iraqi mine fields would "cut and run" when faced with poison gas.