Volcano mine system. The M-136 Volcano mine system is a US an automated, scattered mine delivery system designed to lay a mine field of up to 960 mines (160 canisters) at an average density of 0.9 mines per meter front. The system is designed to be mounted on and powered by the following vehicles. Dispenser vehicles.
January 16-17, 1991 - Operation Desert Storm begins. February 24, 1991 - The allied ground assault begins. February 27, 1991 - Baghdad radio announces that Iraq will comply with United Nations resolutions. February 27, 1991 - Kuwait is liberated.
So President Bush began organizing a coalition of Arab and Western forces to liberate Kuwait. Eventually a deadline of January 16, 1991 was issued to Saddam to remove his army from Kuwait. When that deadline passed, Operation Desert Storm began. Kuwait was liberated in late February. Saddam Hussein, dictator of Iraq, invaded Iraq's southern neighbor, Kuwait, on August 2, 1990. He claimed it was not an independent nation but rather a rebellious province of Iraq.