Why is it considered better/more efficient than simply launching a mission from a closer location, where you won’t need refueling?
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> simply launching a mission from a closer location,
Oh sure, just go over to your military airfield in whatever adjacent country where you keep all your relevant strike aircraft and do the mission from there.
Except… those don’t actually exist. The US is somewhat unique in the number of bases on foreign soil, and even they don’t have them *everywhere*. In the Falkland Islands War the UK didn’t have the option of launching from a closer location because they couldn’t just magic up territory over there.
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