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Operation Desert Strike
Part of the Iraqi no-fly zones conflict and the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
USS Laboon launches Tomahawk cruise missiles at Iraqi air defense targets, 3 September 1996.
USS Laboon launches Tomahawk cruise missiles at Iraqi air defense targets, 3 September 1996.
TypeCruise missile strikes
Location
Southern Iraq
Planned by1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq United States
TargetAir defense targets in southern Iraq
Date3 September 1996; 27 years ago (1996-09-03)
Executed by1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq United States Navy
1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq United States Air Force
OutcomeUnited States victory
  • Targets damaged/destroyed

The 1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq, codenamed Operation Desert Strike, were joint United States Navy–United States Air Force strikes conducted on 3 September against air defense targets in southern Iraq, in response to an Iraqi offensive in the Kurdish Civil War.

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