Operation Purple Storm
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Operation Purple Storm was a series of United States
Southern Command, or the United States Army South exercises in Panama
in 1989 that aimed to both assert United States treaty rights and to conduct tactical rehearsals for Operation Just Cause. These exercises were claimed to be carried out to protect the integrity of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties
of 1977. Purple Storm was part of the Prayer Book
series of plans created as relations between Panama and the US deteriorated.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Southern Command, or the United States Army South exercises in Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
in 1989 that aimed to both assert United States treaty rights and to conduct tactical rehearsals for Operation Just Cause. These exercises were claimed to be carried out to protect the integrity of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties
Torrijos-Carter Treaties
The Torrijos–Carter Treaties are two treaties signed by the United States and Panama in Washington, D.C., on September 7, 1977, which abrogated the Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty of 1903...
of 1977. Purple Storm was part of the Prayer Book
Operation Prayer Book
Prayer Book was a series of military plans operations in Panama drawn up beginning in April 1988 as relations between the United States and Panama deteriorated. The operation consisted of four separate operations: Klondike Key, Post Time, Blue Spoon, and Blind Logic...
series of plans created as relations between Panama and the US deteriorated.