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Originally Posted by amiosman
Im thinking in the line of a wall of air defense systems
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Search for M21Sniper and SAM.
Basically his analysis shows that SAMs are at best cheapo subsitutes for a good fleet of air superiority fighters. Too easily taken out by good S/DEAD tactics. A fleet of air superiority fighters can do other things as well, e.g. escorting troublemakers in your airspace.
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& highly effective anti ship weapons.
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How are you going to deliver them? Simply coastal batteries? Then you've restricted yourself to a short engagement range when you could mount them on aircraft and hit them far out.
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Wouldn't it be better to hv more units with defensive combat effectiveness than just a few with offensive capability which probably be matched by the other side anyway. Lets hv bigger shields rather than sharper spears. We are for peace are we not?
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This ignores the old adage "The best form of defence is attack." A practical application of this is destroying your opponent before he has a chance to launch his ammunition, instead of destroying the ammunition mid-flight or having thick armour to stop it.