USS Tarawa what could have happened if hit occurred on pier in Al Jubayl UAE
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This is what the worst case scenario would have looked like had the initial scud missle hit its target, which could've have been any US Navy Vessels moored to the Al Jubayl Pier at that moment of impact or the tons of ordinance stationed just off our port side aircraft elevator. Reference: http://www.combatreform2.com/itsgindex.htm Investigation Team Findings: USS Tarawa LHA-1, Near Miss of a Scud Missle on pier in Al Jubayl, UAE. January 20-21, 1991 Chronology: Late in the evening of January 20th (between 2140-2150 hours), a SCUD alert was issued and air raid sirens sounded throughout Al Jubayl. As a result, units in the area went to MOPP 4. At 2230 hours, units secured from General Quarters and went to MOPP 0. At 0046 hours on January 21, 1991, the air raid sirens were activated once again.[34] NMCB-24 security logs note two explosions occurring at 15-20 second intervals southeast of Camp 13 at 0054 hours. At 0115, units secured from the alert. NMCB-24 security logs also note that Saudi sirens sounded at 0142 hours.[35] The NMCB-24 "Air Det" log notes SCUD alerts occurring at 2200 hours on January 20th, and also at 0330 hours and 0445 hours on January 21, 1991. Approximately twenty minutes after each alert, the "All Clear" was given. CENTCOM NBC logs for January 20-21, 1991 note that at 2147 hours two SCUD missiles were fired towards Jubayl-Dhahran and four Patriot missiles were fired -- destroying the SCUDs in the air. Additionally, CENTCOM logs contain no entries to indicate the presence of chemical or biological agents in the Al Jubayl area during January 20-21, 1991. At 2200 local, a third SCUD was fired and was also destroyed in the air. [36] Reference: Investigation Findings retrieved on 06/06/08 from URL: http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/aljubayl/n10_s04.htm
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