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How does a no-fly zone stop a smart bomb from hitting its target exactly? They can be fired from the ground or from a ship and they can be hypersonic. All you

How does a no-fly zone stop a smart bomb from hitting its target exactly? They can be fired from the ground or from a ship and they can be hypersonic. All you prevent is aircraft which in order to enforce requires a NATO state to shot down a Russian plane. NATO do not want this to escalate.

dragonwriter 5y ago
> How does a no-fly zone stop a smart bomb from hitting its target exactly? “Smart bombs” are guided aerial bombs. No planes, no smart bombs. > They can be fired from the ground or from a ship and they can be hypersonic. No, they can't. You are confusing smart bombs with vastly more expensive weapons (probably cruise missiles.)
- sschueller 5y ago
  During the Iraq War America was firing missiles from ships. Why would the Russians not fire such missiles?
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > During the Iraq War America was firing missiles from ships. Sure; those aren't smart bombs. > Why would the Russians not fire such missiles? They would and are (using cruise missiles; not sure the mix of land/air/sea launched.) They are also doing aerial bombing. Stopping the latter doesn't increase the capacity of the former to compensate.
  - lesuorac 5y ago
    Because cruise missiles are multi-million dollar weapons [1] and Russian is hemorrhaging money at the moment. It also appears that the Russian ships don't have sea to ground missiles either. [2] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_missile#Deployment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_missile#Deployment [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missile_boat_classes#Russia/USSR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missile_boat_classes#R...
squarefoot 5y ago
> How does a no-fly zone stop a smart bomb from hitting its target exactly? Don't forget that Russians need planes to assist tanks and ground troops, not to mention the forces that could soon land in the south to take Odessa.

dragonwriter 5y ago

> How does a no-fly zone stop a smart bomb from hitting its target exactly? “Smart bombs” are guided aerial bombs. No planes, no smart bombs. > They can be fired from the ground or from a ship and they can be hypersonic. No, they can't. You are confusing smart bombs with vastly more expensive weapons (probably cruise missiles.)

sschueller 5y ago
During the Iraq War America was firing missiles from ships. Why would the Russians not fire such missiles?
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > During the Iraq War America was firing missiles from ships. Sure; those aren't smart bombs. > Why would the Russians not fire such missiles? They would and are (using cruise missiles; not sure the mix of land/air/sea launched.) They are also doing aerial bombing. Stopping the latter doesn't increase the capacity of the former to compensate.
- lesuorac 5y ago
  Because cruise missiles are multi-million dollar weapons [1] and Russian is hemorrhaging money at the moment. It also appears that the Russian ships don't have sea to ground missiles either. [2] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_missile#Deployment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_missile#Deployment [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missile_boat_classes#Russia/USSR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missile_boat_classes#R...

squarefoot 5y ago

> How does a no-fly zone stop a smart bomb from hitting its target exactly? Don't forget that Russians need planes to assist tanks and ground troops, not to mention the forces that could soon land in the south to take Odessa.