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Most strike missions carried out in the last 20 years were in urban environments. Collateral damage is a HUGE concern. A BB weapon that cannot deliver precise, proportional, firepower at long distance (50 plus NM) will NOT be used, not matter how sexy. I think a mix of explosive shells and non-explosive would have be available (assuming rail guns ever work). The non explosive shell might have come controlable impact power, but not at long range (it will come down screaming from heaven with MASSIVE amounts of kinetic energy), so a fuzed explosive projectile would be required, and it would also be better for wide area bombardment if determined necessary, with fuzed air bursts.
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