operation desert storm is considered the first major global conflict successfully implementing rma and is considered a paragon of future military operations due to the low casualty rate and the u.s. military's speed and precision. on the other hand, others claim that rma technology severely inhibited the u.s. military's ability to respond to guerrilla tactics and that efforts to incorporate advanced weapons like patriot missiles were unsuccessful. indeed, a number of epistemological issues have cropped up.