"The recent war against Iraq may have implications for various defense programs of interest to Congress. This report surveys some of those potential implications, and will be updated periodically as new information becomes available. Three cautionary notes associated with post-conflict b3slessons-learnedb4s reports apply to this report: Information about the Iraq war is incomplete and imperfect, so early lessons are subject to change. Each war is unique in some ways, so observers should avoid "overlearning" the lessons of the Iraq war. And potential U.S. adversaries can derive lessons from the Iraq war and apply them in future conflicts against U.S. forces, possibly devaluing U.S.-perceived lessons. It can also be noted that some persons or organizations offering purported lessons of the Iraq war may have a financial, institutional, or ideological stake in the issue..."-- Summary.

"June 4, 2003." Title from title screen as viewed on June 12, 2003.

Issues for Congress:Defense transformation. -- Size of military needed for national military strategy. -- Overseas base access. -- Army forces. -- Combat aircraft and percision-guided munitions. -- Special operations forces. -- Reserve forces. -- Network-centric warfare. -- Urban combat. -- Ballistic Missile Defense. -- Friendly fire. -- Intelligence. -- Intelligence. -- Psychological operations. -- Chemical-biological warfare. -- Airlift and aerial refueling.