The phrase Operation Infinite Justice is the latest in a long line of grand sounding names given to United States military campaigns.
Operation Saturate was the name given in 1950 to the campaign by US bombers to try to destroy communist supply routes during the Korean War.
In 1951, after the communist force's crossing of the 38th Parallel in that war, the US launched Operation Ripper, which was a series of attacks to try to inflict casualties on the enemy.
During the Vietnam War the naming tradition continued with Operation Rolling Thunder, the title given to the US air war which included massive carpet bombing by B52 planes on North Vietnam.
In 1983, under President Ronald Reagan, the US launched Operation Urgent Fury when troops were sent to Grenada where it was believed there was a threat from Soviet and Cuban destabilisation.
