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Old 06-24-2004, 14:38 PM   #59 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Praxus
During Bosnia 55% of the flights were cancled due to weather. A battleship on the other hand would almost never have to cancle fire missions because of the weather and can provide true tacticle fires unlike fighters, bombers, and cruise missiles.
LoL. Most of the battles in Bosnia were more than 50 miles inland. US controlling zone is more than 90 miles inland.

What use of the battleship there?

Do not forget that you still will need an air support for targeting.
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