Operation Southern Watch
2001 Events

• COALITION FORCES STRIKE IRAQI COMMAND & CONTROL SYSTEM Nov 27, 2001 -- In response to hostile Iraqi threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a command and control system in southern Iraq at approximately 3:15 a.m. EST.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE COMMAND AND CONTROL SITE October 13, 2001 -- In response to hostile Iraqi threats against Coalition pilots and aircrews conducting routine monitoring of the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a command and control system in southern Iraq at approximately 8: 30 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE IRAQI AAA SITES October 3, 2001 -- In response to hostile Iraqi threats against Coalition pilots and aircrews conducting routine monitoring of the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike two anti-aircraft artillery sites in southern Iraq at approximately 7 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE IRAQI AAA SITES October 2, 2001 -- In response to hostile Iraqi threats against Coalition pilots and aircrews conducting routine monitoring of the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq at approximately 8 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE COMMAND AND CONTROL SITES September 27, 2001 -- In response to hostile Iraqi threats against Coalition pilots and aircrews conducting routine monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike anti-aircraft artillery and command and control vehicles and equipment in open fields in southern Iraq at 6:00 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE COMMAND AND CONTROL SITES September 21, 2001 -- In response to hostile Iraqi threats against Coalition pilots and aircrews conducting routine monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike command and control vehicles and equipment in open fields in southern Iraq between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY SITES September 20, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft conducting routine monitoring of the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike anti-aircraft artillery sites in southern Iraq at approximately 7:30 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY SITES September 18, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft conducting routine monitoring of the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an antiaircraft artillery site in southern Iraq approximately 9:30 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY SITES September 9, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike surface-to-air missile sites in southern Iraq between approximately 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE AAA & SAM SITES September 4, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missile sites in southern Iraq at approximately 9 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE MILITARY RADAR August 30, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a military radar in southern Iraq at approximately 1:30 p.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE COMMAND AND CONTROL SITES August 28, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike Command and Control sites in southern Iraq at approximately 2 p.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE RADAR SYSTEM August 25, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a mobile early warning radar system in southern Iraq at approximately 4:30 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE RADAR SYSTEM 14 August 2002 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a surface-to-air missile site in southern Iraq at approximately 8:15 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE IRAQI MILITARY SITES August 10, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the No-Fly Zones in Iraq, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today in a routine strike against military communication, radar and missile sites in southern Iraq at approximately 5:30 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE AAA SITE July 17, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq at approximately 2:45 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE AAA SITE July 7, 2001 -- In response to Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq at approximately 3:15 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE AAA SITE June 26, 2001 -- In response to Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq at approximately 3:00 p.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE AAA SITE June 25, 2001 -- In response to Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq at approximately 3:15 p.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE RADAR SITE 14 June, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a radar site in southern Iraq at approximately 3:00 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE RADAR SITE June 6, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a radar site in southern Iraq at approximately 3:00 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE AAA SITE June 5, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq at approximately 3:30 a.m. EDT.
• COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SITE May 18, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a surface to air missile site in southern Iraq at approximately 3:45 a.m. EST.
• COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE RADAR SYSTEM April 20, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile acts against coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons to strike a mobile early warning radar in southern Iraq yesterday.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE AAA SITES April 12, 2001 -- In response to anti-aircraft artillery fire yesterday against coalition aircraft in Iraq's southern no-fly zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH coalition aircraft today used precision-guided weapons to strike an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq at approximately 10:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
• COALITION AIRCRAFT RESPOND TO IRAQI AAA FIRE March 30, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi AAA fire directed against coalition forces, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an anti-aircraft artillery site in Southern Iraq at approximately 2:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
• Coalition Aircraft Respond To Iraqi Provocations February 16, 2001 -- In response to recent surface-to-air missile (SAM) and anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) fire against coalition forces that enforce United Nations Security Council Resolutions, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft struck Iraqi integrated air defense system sites at approximately 1215 Eastern Standard Time. United States and Britain planes on 16 February targeted six Iraqi command centers, including radar and communications centers, in order to prevent Iraq from being able to fire upon and bring down allied planes in future raids. US officials explained the necessity of this massive raid by pointing out that Iraqi air defenses had fired some 13 missiles at allied pilots in the first six weeks of this year, compared to one missile per month prior to that time. During this raid, the allies hit about 40 percent of the targets they sought to destroy or damage. The low hit rate has caused many defense analysts to call the strikes only a qualified success. The U.S.-British air strikes on Iraqi radar sites triggered a flood of editorials in overseas papers. West European papers for the most part avoided overt criticism of the air strikes, but were nevertheless highly skeptical of the efficacy of a "hardline" U.S. policy toward Iraq. Some Russian dailies echoed Kremlin criticism of the U.S.-British enforcement action, and China's official media, matching Arab invective, lashed out at the U.S.' "brutal attacks."
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE SAM SITE February 13, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi violations of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a surface-to-air missile site in southern Iraq at approximately 1:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE SAM SITE February 11, 2001 -- In response to anti-aircraft artillery fire today against coalition aircraft in Iraq's southern no-fly zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft struck anti-aircraft artillery sites in southern Iraq at approximately 8:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE SAM SITE January 28, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi violations of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft used precision-guided weapons to strike surface-to-air missile systems today in southern Iraq at approximately 11:45 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE RADAR SYSTEM AND AAA SITE January 20, 2001 -- In response to Iraqi violations of anti-aircraft artillery and surface to air missile fire today, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft used precision-guided weapons to strike radar systems and anti-aircraft artillery sites today in southern Iraq at approximately 8:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
• COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE AAA SITES January 15, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery fire, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft used precision-guided weapons to strike anti-aircraft artillery sites today in southern Iraq at approximately 6:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
• COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE AAA SITES January 1, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi violations of United Nations Security Council Resolutions and international demarches, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft used precision-guided weapons to strike a radar system today in southern Iraq at approximately 5:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
• COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE AAA SITES January 1, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi violations of United Nations Security Council Resolutions and international demarches, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft used precision-guided weapons to strike a radar system today in southern Iraq at approximately 12:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.