The first use of force hit January 16, 1991. The first use of Cruise Missiles hit a few days later at January 21, 1991. This event marked the start of the replay of Noah's flood, with "rains" down from the sky. For 40 days the rains fell, with the land war part of the Persian Gulf War 40 days later.
Tomahawk Cruise Missiles were brand new weapons. They had not been used in war before. Would they work? What would the world think? In order to have a little time to evaluate how they worked the United States military did not disclose their use for 10 days. The actual date of first use: January 21, 1991.
The theoretical date of the first rains in Noah's flood is January 20, 1991. A one day difference that is easily accounted for in the tolerance of the measurements. This theoretical date is the inflection date being given by the day-for-a-year timeline as the day that maps from the year of Noah's flood, his 600th year. It is also the date that ties the day-for-a-day timeline into the day-for-a-year map.
These missiles, seem to have been what made this war a rout. CNN played up the occasion showing Pentagon briefings where the video from various bombs was shown as those bombs landed on targets across Iraq.
For 40 days the bombs fell, softening up the Iraqis for a land based invasion. Just like the rains had fallen for 40 days in the account of Noah's flood. Lightning, thunder and rains from the sky in Noah's time were now missiles, crashes, and bullets landing from a vast army assembled from many nations. The seas are a prophetic picture of nations, and indeed, the deep had burst forth upon Iraq.
After 40 days the rains stopped. The invasion was next.