ABSTRACT
It is already close to being trite to observe that the Persian Gulf War demonstrated a changed role for intelligence in warfare. As Lt General Kenneth Minihan (USAF, ret.), a former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, observed, intelligence went from being a contributor to being a participant. (Minihan pithily illustrated the difference between these two roles as follows: in a bacon and eggs breakfast, the hen is a contributor, the pig is a participant. Presumably, the outcome for intelligence as a participant is less dire.) Most observers also agree that US military operations against Iraq demonstrated the success of the Air Land Battle doctrine and vindicated those who had heralded a revolution in military affairs (RMA).
