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Old 12-05-2012, 01:50 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch View Post
Cruise missiles do a lousy job of battlefield support and aren't great in a moving battlefield.

they are terrific for static targets like bridges, airfields and buildings.

But the concept of bomb stuff from an aircraft is that you have eyes on targic in a moving field. you can use a plan to bomb enemy emplacements and take out troop formations, or use medium range harms to take out mobile sam sites, or take out armor columns or logistics columns.

Cruise missiles don't do that they are guided to a point on a map not a target.

The F-35 can fly in low, it can evade or ignore sam sites and the plane can come in on close air support.

If I took 10 F-35's for example and went into a heavily defended area, vs 10 F-18 going into the same type of area. Chances are I would lose far more F-18's, or super hornets or Euro-fighters then I would a F-35 or other low observable platform.
Or you could just use stealthed drones for that sort of operation.
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