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Originally Posted by Bluesman
This is a WWII-style weapon, and it is largely ineffective against AirLand Battle doctrine, where aspeed and indirect attack is the way business is done.
Barrage weapons are a thing of the past. POINT weapons, PRECISION delivery - THAT is the wave of the future. Catch the wave, or get swept away.
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I disagree entirely. Getting too caught up in precision overlooks the fact that for some targets nothing can match the effect of brute force spread over a large area.
If you're hitting an Inf Bn advancing on an objective your forces are defending the last thing you'd use is precision munitions until the enemy got close, and by that time, the vast majority of our precision air dropped bombs are simply too large and powerful to be used that close to our forces.
SDB and 500lb Paveways/GPS bombs would be fine, anything larger than that, and the minumum safe distance to friendly troops is over 300+ meters.
What you'd end up getting CAS wise once the enemy closed inside your DCZ is strafing runs and rocket attacks....which are both unguided weapons anyway.