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Who cares about A-29 vs A-10? Both got shitcanned. I agree the article's title sucks. The point is that military political dysfunction managed to get rid of al
by mycelium 11y ago
Who cares about A-29 vs A-10? Both got shitcanned.
I agree the article's title sucks. The point is that military political dysfunction managed to get rid of all ground support airplanes while mumbling "F-35" when anybody asked about ground support.
- pooper 11y agoIs there much appetite for ground based forward operation without guaranteed aerial supremacy? Ground support planes would be nice but getting and maintaining aerial control is what prevents war, at least it used to be the case. What has changed?
- detaro 11y agoIt doesn't prevent a war you start, among other things ;) Getting aerial supremacy in Afghanistan and Iraq was easy enough, but there still was/is ground warfare going on for a long time. Aerial supremacy doesn't protect you against portable rockets or smaller AA guns, unless you are willing to just kill everything on the ground, which isn't really an option in the current scenarios. A bomber or fighter is relatively well protected against those by height and speed, close air support has to fly low and slow to properly engage targets.
- kctess5 11y agoI suppose that war has also changed - you can't just go destroying cities from the air to get a few insurgents when there are civilians in the general vicinity.
- logfromblammo 11y agoAnd all the Fallout fans reflexively thought, "War. War never changes," with music from the 1930s or 1940s playing in the background.
- mcv 11y agoWhat use is air supremacy if you don't use it to provide ground support?
- playeren 11y agoTo prevent enemy Close Air Support (amongst other dangerous things).