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marcus_holmestoday at 4:50 AM1 replyview on HN

I think the accepted term is "air supremacy" which is a completely different set of words (and meaning) from "complete dominance"


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tennysonttoday at 5:54 AM

"Air supremacy" would be dominance of the air such that enemy cannot effectively interfere. "Air superiority" is the lesser level (enemy interference is not prohibitive).

At least in NATO lingo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_supremacy

I can't tell if this comment chain is a factual disagreement (ability to interference) or a linguistic one (supremacy vs superiority).

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