COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE INTEGRATED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM
May 30, 2002 Release 02-05-07
MACDILL AFB, FL – In response to recent hostile Iraqi acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, aircraft from Operation SOUTHERN WATCH used Precision-guided weapons today to strike components of an offensive radar system in southern Iraq at approximately 6:20 p.m. EDT today.
Coalition strikes in the No-Fly Zones are executed as a self-defense measure in response to hostile Iraqi acts against Coalition forces and their aircraft. The last Coalition response to Iraqi aggressive acts in the Southern No-Fly Zone occurred May 24, 2002.
Coalition aircraft never target civilian populations or infrastructure and go to painstaking lengths to avoid injury to civilians or damage to civilian facilities.
