Which statement does not describe an action taken to provide space support to U.S. military operations in the First Gulf War?

• A. Space liaison officers were sent to the theater to advise command staffs on how to obtain and best use products from space.
• B. Imagery and intelligence from SIGINT satellites was provided to conventional force commanders and their staffs.
• C. Military communications satellites were moved and re-tasked to support deployed forces, and additional bandwidth leased from commercial COMSATs.
• D. GPS satellite data was used in precision-guided munitions.

Answer: (D)

The space support in the Gulf War centered on delivering space-derived imagery and signals intelligence to theater commanders, keeping deployed forces connected through space-based communications, and embedding space liaison officers with command staffs to help them obtain and use space products effectively. GPS data guiding weapons wasn’t part of how space support was used in that conflict; precision-guided munitions in Desert Storm relied on other guidance methods such as laser designation or inertial guidance, with GPS-guided weapons becoming common only later. So, using GPS satellite data to steer munitions does not describe the space support actions that were actually employed in that operation.