Technology effected both sides in the Gulf War in many ways. Iraq's most powerful weapons were SCUD missiles. The coalitions defense against SCUD missiles were Patriot missiles . Patriot missiles or launchers are configured with four canisters. These canisters are configured with one missile each.
Today there are more advanced missiles that have sixteen missiles instead of four.
The Patriot missiles used in the Gulf War will now only be employed against fixed-wing aircraft, to attack helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles. The Gulf states where oil deposits were found are Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Iran and Iraq nationalized their countries oil industries overnight. This group worked to monitor the production and ensure that oil-producing nations would receive fair prices for their highly sought product. The world has become so technologically dependant on the Middle East oil reserves that Saddam Hussein knew the great power he would have if he took over Kuwait and gained control of almost twenty percent of the world's oil reserves.