前苏联解体后,发生世界大战的可能性已经很小,但局部冲突却不断出现。针对这一变化,美国的全球战略及时地作了调整,其新的战略目标是要求美国武装部队几乎在同时能赢得两个重大地区冲突的胜利。海湾战争就是打赢一场局部战争的例子。海湾战争一开始,多国部队就根据其掌握的准确情报利用各种精确制导武器(如激光制导炸弹、“战斧” After the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, the possibility of a world war has been very small, but local conflicts are constantly emerging. In response to this change, the U.S. global strategy has been adjusted in a timely manner. Its new strategic objective is to demand that the U.S. Armed Forces can win the victory of the two major regional conflicts at almost the same time. The Gulf War is an example of winning a partial war. From the outset of the Gulf War, the multinational force used various precision-guided weapons (such as laser-guided bombs, Tomahawk,