1991年1月16日,在战云密布的海湾战场上,美国空军的攻击直升机编队,在太空领路人——GPS全球定位导航系统的引领下,一举摧毁了设在伊拉克境内的两座防空警戒雷达站,挖掉了伊军南部对空监视的两个眼睛,从而为美国空军在伊拉克上空的行动自由创造了有利条件。这就是美国从70年代起、花费了上百亿美元建立起来的 GPS全球定位导航系统在实战中的首次应用。 On January 16, 1991, the battlefield helicopter formation of the U.S. Air Force, under the guidance of the space leader, GPS global positioning and navigation system, destroyed two air defense alert radars deployed in Iraq on the battlefield of battle-hardened Gulf. Station, dug up the two eyes of air surveillance in the southern Iraqi army, thus creating favorable conditions for freedom of movement of the U.S. Air Force over Iraq. This is the first time that the United States has spent more than 10 billion U.S. dollars building GPS global positioning navigation systems in actual combat since the 1970s.