兰德公司在《战略与政策的错位——美军应如何弥补在应对大规模杀伤性武器方面的缺口》这篇报告中提到,在“沙漠风暴”和“伊拉克自由”行动期间,美军和盟军很难发现和摧毁伊军导弹发射架上的弹道导弹。在“沙漠风暴”行动中,美军和盟军实施的摧毁行动没有一次确定取得成功;在“伊拉克自由”行动中,美军和盟军实施的摧毁行动可能有4次取得了成功。摧毁那些没有放置在发射架上的大规模杀伤性武器,或是打 RAND Corporation’s “Strategy and Policy Dislocation - How the U.S. Army Should Make up for the Gaps in Handling Weapons of Mass Destruction” mentioned in the report that during the “Desert Storm” and “Iraqi Freedom” operations It is very difficult for the U.S. military and the Allied forces to find and destroy ballistic missiles on Iraqi missile launchers. In the “Desert Storm” operation, the U.S. and Allied forces did not succeed in destroying the destruction once and for all. In “Iraqi Freedom” operations, the U.S. and allied forces may have succeeded in destroying four times. Destroying weapons of mass destruction that are not placed on launchers, or fighting