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laughing_mantoday at 8:42 PM1 replyview on HN

>Here's a point that I ran across: these long range missiles are there to take out air defences and such (along with stealth sorties), which allows you go go in with 'regular' ordinance and non-stealth aircraft—of which there is much higher quantities and availability—in later phases.

Not ATACMS. SEAD is an Air Force/Navy activity.


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greedotoday at 9:20 PM

ATACMS and PrSM would definitely be used to strike air defense systems. The US military is very joint and the boundary you're delineating isn't part of the mission tasking.

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