SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OPERATION DESERT STORM MADE BY THE DEFENSE-RELATED INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES.

SEC. 1071. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OPERATION DESERT STORM MADE BY THE DEFENSE-RELATED INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. (a) Findings.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) The United States and its coalition allies achieved a great victory in Operation Desert Storm, carried out in the Persian Gulf region in the winter of 1991. (2) The outstanding success of Operation Desert Storm was due in great measure to the ready availability of weapons and weapon systems exhibiting remarkable accuracy through advanced technological design. (3) These weapons and weapon systems were designed and produced by the defenserelated industries of the United States. 105 STAT. 1477 (4) The battle plan for Operation Desert Storm formulated by the commander of the United States Central Command relied on the availability and performance of these weapons and weapon systems. (5) The successful use of these weapons and weapon systems in accordance with that plan resulted in astonishingly small numbers of killed and wounded among the Armed Forces of the United States and of allied coalition forces in general. (b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress— (1) that the defense-related industries of the United States, and the men and women who work in those industries, deserve the gratitude and appreciation of the Congress and of the United States for the design and production of the technologically-advanced weapons and weapon systems that helped to ensure victory in Operation Desert Storm; (2) that future decisions relating to the national security of the United States must take into account the need to maintain strong defenserelated industries in the United States; and (3) that it is vitally important to the United States that the defenserelated industries of the United States be capable of responding to the national security requirements of the United States.