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What treaty, signed by the U.S. and the Russian Commonwealth in 1993, is considered to be the broadest disarmament pact in history?
START II
START I
START III
The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
The Nuclear Nonaggression Pact
Which former Soviet client states were allowed to join NATO in 1997?
The Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland
The Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Poland
Bulgaria, Poland and Hungary
Hungary, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic
Bulgaria, Albania and Poland
What action caused the United States to engage in massive military operations in the Persian Gulf area in 1990-91?
The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.
The invasion of Saudi Arabia by Iraq.
The invasion of Iran by Iraq.
The invasion of Turkey by Iraq.
The invasion of Iraq by Kuwait.
What was the name given to the build-up of UN Coalition forces in Saudi Arabia prior to the conflict with Iraq?
Desert Shield
Desert Storm
Desert Blitz
Vigilant Warrior
What transported the bulk of the heavy equipment and supplies needed to sustain Operation Desert Shield?
Maritime Sealift
Heavy Lift Air Force aircraft
Railroad cars from Israel
The troops themselves on transport ships.
The Aircraft Carriers sent to the region.
What was the purpose of the no-fly zone imposed by the UN over southern Iraq in 1992?
To prevent the suppression of ethnic Shiite Moslems in southern Iraq.
To hurt the Iraqi economy by ending their commercial flights
To ensure that friendly aircraft would not be shot down.
To permanently ground the aircraft at airbases in the south.
To prevent the Iraqi military from using the bombing ranges in the south for training.
Why did Yugoslavia's six republics begin to break apart in the early 1990's?
For economic reasons and due to cultural and ethnic differences.
Due to pressure from the Russian Republic.
Due to pressure from the United States.
Due to pressure from Italy.
Because of communist agitation in many of the Republics.
When did the UN establish a no-fly zone over Bosnia?
October 1992
April 1992
October 1994
April 1994
July, 1993
What trouble spot in Africa involved the U.S. Navy and Marines in the 1990s?
Somalia
Egypt
Syria
Yemen
Morocco
Operation Restore Hope was directed against what country?
Somalia
Iraq
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
What event in 1998 caused much concern over nuclear nonproliferation issues?
India and Pakistan each exploded nuclear test devices.
When Middle Eastern terrorists made off with 100lb of nuclear material from Russia.
when Israel announced that it had acquired nuclear weapons.
The sale of a small nuclear device to a Columbian drug lord.
The joint announcement by the U.S. and Russia that some 500 lbs of nuclear material was unaccounted for world-wide.
U.S. embassies in which countries were the targets of terrorists in 1998?
Kenya and Tanzania
Lebanon and Israel
Yemen and Somalia
Cuba and Egypt
Libya and Pakistan
What two countries were struck by U.S. Cruise Missiles in August of 1998 in response to the threat of terrorism by Osama bin Laden's terrorist group?
Afghanistan and Sudan
Afghanistan and Iraq
Afghanistan and Iran
Iraq and Iran
Somalia and Sudan
What U.S. ship was the target of a terrorist attack while in port at Yemen in August 2000?
The USS Cole
The USS Samuel Gompers
The USS Enterprise
The USS Bristol Bay
The USS The Sullivans
What terrorist incident occurred in April 1995?
The bombing of the Federal building in Oklahoma City.
The first bombing of the World Trade Center.
The destruction of the World Trade Center.
The bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.
The bombing of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
What was the name of the homeland defense effort designed to protect U.S. airports in the aftermath of September 11?
Operation Noble Eagle
Operation Vigilant Warrior
Operation Careful Watch
Operation Anaconda
Operation Just Cause
What is the name of Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization?
Al Qaida
The Taliban
The Red Brigade
The Shining Path
The IRA
Operation Enduring Freedom was directed against what country?
Afghanistan
Iraq
Somalia
Iran
Serbia
What organization did most of the ground fighting in support of Allied forces during Operation Enduring Freedom?
The Northern Alliance
The U.S. Army
The U.S. Marine Corps
The Afghanistan National Army
The Taliban
Approximately how many ships and people does the U.S. Navy have today?
300 and 370,000
1,000 and 600,000
600 and 650,000
350 and 400,000
450 and 325,000
Which type of nuclear weapons were required by the START II agreement to be eliminated by 2003?
Land-based multiple-warhead missiles.
Sea-based multiple-warhead missiles.
Space-based nuclear weapons.
Aircraft-launched nuclear weapons.
Terrorist-delivered nuclear weapons.
What was the initial result of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990?
Kuwait quickly fell to the Iraqi Army.
Kuwaiti Armed Forces quickly threw back the invading Iraqi Armies.
Kuwati and U.S. Armed Forces were able to slowly push the Iraqi Army back into Iraq.
United Nations Armed Forces first fell back and then slowly recaptured Kuwait.
Iraq quickly took Kuwait and then moved its troops back into Iraq.
What was the code name of the UN military action to force the Iraqi forces out of Kuwait?
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Desert Shield
Operation Desert Attack
Operation Desert Retreat
Operation Southern Watch
Which of the following countries was NOT one of the six republics of Yugoslavia that broke apart beginning in 1991?
Albania
Slovenia
Croatia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Serbia
What was the name of the NATO Operation conducted in August and September of 1995 against Serb military position south and east of Sarajevo?
Operation Deliberate Force
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Desert Shield
Operation Vigilant Warrior
Operation Bosnian Shield
U.S. Marines were called upon twice in mid-1996 to assist in the evacuation of U.S. nationals from what African nation?
Liberia
Congo
Algeria
Egypt
Somalia
In April 2001 a U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft in international waters suffered a midair collision with a fighter jet of what country?
China
Russia
India
North Korea
Iraq
What terrorist incident occurred in September 2001?
The destruction of the World Trade Center.
The bombing of the Federal building in Oklahoma City.
The first bombing of the World Trade Center.
The bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.
The bombing of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Letters containing dangerous spores were sent to news offices in Florida and New York, as well as State Department and Senate offices in 2001. What type of virus spores did the letters contain?
Anthrax
Small Pox
Malaria
Black Plague
Chicken Pox
Naval ships and personnel were at their highest numbers during which of the following conflicts?
The Vietnam War
The Korean War
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Enduring Freedom
The Invasion of Panama
What was the name of the long-time president of Somalia that was forced to flee that country following a civil war in 1991?
Mohammed Siad Barre
Mohammed Atta
Saddam Hussein
Boris Yeltsin
Osama bin Laden
Which of the following countries was NOT permitted to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1999?
Russia
The Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
All of the listed countries were allowed to join NATO in 1999.
After the fall of Kuwait to Iraq in 1990, what country appealed to the United Nations for protection from Iraq?
Saudi Arabia
The United States
Iran
Turkey
Bahrain
What was the largest air and ground offensive since the end of World War II?
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Noble Eagle
Operation Deliberate Force
Operation Vigilant Warrior
What action was the first attempt by the United Nations in late 1991 to try and end the conflict between the former republics of Yugoslavia?
An embargo on weapons and oil.
Bombing of the key cities of Srebrenica and Zepa.
Amphibious landings of UN forces in Croatia.
U.S. Navy TLAM missile strikes into the capital of Yugoslavia.
Naval gunfire bombardments into coastal towns and military facilities in Bosnia.
In what city was the peace treaty signed which ended the war between Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia?
Dayton, Ohio
Paris, France
Washington, D.C.
New York City, New York
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
What part of the world became the focal point for U.S. efforts to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S. in the 1990's?
South America
Africa
Europe
Canada
Asia
Charges of sexual harassment against female junior officers and civilians occurred at an annual convention in what U.S. city in 1991?
Las Vegas
New Orleans
New York
Seattle
Reno
How many aircraft were hijacked during the September 11th terrorist action?
Four
Three
Five
Two
Six
Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaida terrorist organization were located in what country at the time of the World Trade Center attacks?