Desert Strike
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Desert Strike may refer to:
- Desert Strike: Return to the GulfDesert Strike: Return to the GulfDesert Strike: Return to the Gulf, commonly known as Desert Strike, is a shoot 'em up video game released by Electronic Arts in February 1992 for Sega's Mega Drive. The game was later released on several other formats, including a much upgraded version for the Amiga home computer...
, a 1992 video game, first in the Strike series of shooters - Operation Desert StrikeOperation Desert StrikeThe 1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq occurred in September 1996 during the Kurdish Civil War. On August 31, 1996, the Iraqi military launched its biggest offensive since 1991 against the city of Irbil in Iraqi Kurdistan. This attack stoked American fears that Saddam intended to launch a...
, a 1996 series of cruise missile strikes on Iraq by the United States; also a 1964 large-scale U.S. Army training exercise in southern California