THE NUMBERS
U.S. military strength in the Persian Gulf: TROOPS: 510,000--285,000 Army, 90,000 Marines, 80,000 Navy, 55,000 Air Force.
NAVY: 100 warships, including battleships Missouri and Wisconsin and aircraft carriers Midway, Ranger, Saratoga, John F. Kennedy, America and Roosevelt.
AIR POWER: 1,800 Air Force, Navy and Marine fighters, bombers and other warplanes; 1,700 U.S. helicopters.
ARMOR: 1,200 tanks and 2,200 armored personnel carriers.
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