WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today that he had ordered the military's regional commanders to rewrite all of their war plans to capitalize on precision weapons, better intelligence and speedier deployment. That way, he said, the military could begin combat operations on less notice and with far fewer troops than thought possible -- or even wise -- before the Sept. 11 attacks.
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The command has stockpiled weapons and positioned some troops in the Persian Gulf in an effort to be able to stage a quick offensive against President Saddam Hussein that planners say would be vastly different from the 1991 war over Kuwait.

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