Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kunyange zvazvo Hondo yeVietnam yaiva hondo yokutanga yakatsigirwa nemauto okudenga, Hondo yeGulf dzimwe nguva yave ichinzi hondo yokutanga yokudenga nemhaka yebasa rinokosha rakaitwa nemauto okudenga mukutsigira mauto epasi, omumhepo, uye omumvura. Hondo yeGulf isati yaitika, masimba mazhinjisa enzvimbo akanga akanangidzirwa pakudzivisa kwenyukireya, kwete pakutsigira masimba enzira. Mauto enzvimbo, zvikurukuru masimba enhepfenyuro yesatellite, akanga achipa tsigiro kumasimba omuzvarirwo mukati meHondo yeFalklands ya1982, Hondo yeFalklands ya1983, Hondo yeFalklands ya1984, Hondo yeFalklands ya1985, Hondo yeFalklands ya1986, Hondo yeFalklands ya1986, Hondo yeFalklands ya1986.
United States invasion yeGrenada, uye yakapa chaiyo-nguva yekuronga dhata yekuronga ndege yekurova muna 1986 United States kubhomba kweLibya. Kushandiswa kwekutanga kweNavstar Global Positioning System kwakaitika muna 1988 Operation Earnest Will, uye panguva yekupinda kweUnited States muPanama, Air Force Space Command yakapa kutaurirana kuburikidza neDziviriro Satellite Communications System uye rutsigiro rwemamiriro ekunze kuburikidza neDziviriro Meteorological Satellite Chirongwa. Mukupesana, Hondo yeGulf yakashandisa huwandu hwakazara hwemasimba emuchadenga eU.S., nemasataneti anopfuura makumi matanhatu anopa 90% yemitambo yekutaurirana uye kutungamira nekudzora kweuto revarwi mazana mashanu ezviuru, rutsigiro rwemamiriro ekunze kune vanoronga mishoni, kunyeverwa kwekutanga kwemaroketi eIraq Scud, uye kutsigirwa kwekufamba kune mauto epasi.