This was nothing to do with the Gulf War, "because if the Chinese Communists launched a military assault across the Taiwan Strait they could reach Taiwan airspace within eight minutes.
不為當時正緊張的波灣戰事，「隔著台灣海峽的中共，若發動戰爭和突擊，不到八分鐘就可飛越海峽，直臨台灣上空。