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- WEATHSR
  - - SEAMAL
         NORTHWEST WIND LASTING 1 - 5 DAYS

     - - - NORMALLY OCCURRING AFTER A FRONTAL PASSAGE
     - - - STRONGER DURING DAY TIME


  -- `ABOOB
         REFERS TO A WALL OF DUST GENERATED BY STRONG WINDS

         CAN RAISE DUST AND SAND AS HIGH AS l5vOOO FEET
         DURATION OF UP TO ONE WEEK

         IMPACTS SIGNIFICANTLY ON AIR AND GROUND OPERATIONS (ZERO
         VISIBILITY)


X17 PROTECTIVH xASK
- DURABILITY FAR EXCEEDS MANY OF THE LATER DAY CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT
  -- MODIFICATIONS MADE AS LATE AS 1982


- USE OF THE N17 MASK AND CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE OVERGARMENT ENSURE
  SOLDIERS ARE FULLY PROTECTED


- OUR EQUIPMENT SOME OF THE BEST
  -- OUR SOLDIERS CONSTANTLY TRAIN

  -- OUR MEDICAL PERSONNEL ALSO TRAIN IN CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION
     PROCEDURES
  -- OUR PILOTS CAN FLY IN CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT


- BOTTOM LINE
  -- CONFIDENT OUR TROOPS ARE PROTECTED


BRIDGES (AS OF 20 FEB 91)
- BRIDGES ATTACKED ARE OF MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE

  -- TOTAL BRIDGES TARGETED:  68
  -- TOTAL BRIDGES ATTACKED:  55
  -- TOTAL BRIDGES DESTROYED OR DAMAGED:  55


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