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In this instance, a flight of B-52's could wipe the concrete shielded missiles off the face of the Earth. Start off with F18s to secure the skies, then B52s t
by jepj57 6mo ago
In this instance, a flight of B-52's could wipe the concrete shielded missiles off the face of the Earth. Start off with F18s to secure the skies, then B52s to pound the missiles, then the Navy could stroll back in. It's just that no one has had the gumption to do it until now.
- yfw 6mo agoOk general, the armchair is that way
- jepj57 6mo agoAwesome content. Added a lot to the discussion
- solid_fuel 6mo agoYour analysis of the war seems to hinge on a lack of "gumption", which is coincidentally the exact same thing I've heard conservative old boomers say about Vietnam. So I would say you're about equal in terms of adding to the discussion. It is, unfortunately, divorced from reality. The critical thing about hidden missiles that you seem to be missing is: you can't bomb them if you don't know where they are. We've already seen a 4 week bombing campaign that has included everything from a children's school to a chemotherapy company to bunkers under Tehran, so I don't think there's a lack of "bloodlust" or "gumption" from any of the so-called leaders at the DoD. Rather, it seems that they simply - don't know where the missiles and drones are. Which as I pointed out earlier, makes it rather hard to bomb them.
- ceejayoz 6mo agoWe’ve tried the “just air power” approach a number of times. It never works by itself.
- jimjimjim 6mo agoBut sir, how do we stop an old guy on the bow of a rusty fishing boat firing a $50 rpg at the oil tanker?
- kube-system 6mo agoThe US military did exactly that two weeks ago: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5789279-strait-hormuz-oil-supply/ https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5789279-strait-hormuz-oil... If it was as effective as you presume, the strait would have been open by now.
- jepj57 6mo agoThat was step one. The article doesn't even state the results of the bombing
- don_esteban 6mo agoisn't it obvious? some rearranged concrete, maybe mixed with missile parts does not change anything unless you know you have eliminated ALL threads which you would never know and probably never achieve anyway
- mejari 6mo agoAre we really still pushing bomber mafia nonsense 80 years later?