Colorado troops saved the day in Iranian missile attack

January 21, 2020

The Gazette:

Colorado airmen and soldiers kept America out of a wider war with Iran on Tuesday night by raising the warning that spared lives on the ground during a missile attack.

Two retired generals tell The Gazette that rapid work by troops monitoring satellites and radar here allowed their comrades at a pair of Iraq bases to seek shelter while missiles were in flight.

Because the Iranian volley resulted in no casualties, a threatened major U.S. counterattack was rendered unnecessary.

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