Why are airplanes so important in modern warfare? After all, they do not carry a lot of weapons with them and can be an easy target for missiles
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Look at the Second Gulf War. Everyone though the US would take thousands of casualties in the initial offensive, and the Iraqi army would hold out for weeks. It didn’t the Iraqis crumbled in the face of a massive air offensive which destroyed their commend posts, airfields, artillery, tanks etc. When in the ground battles the Iraqis momentarily got the upper hand, a flight of apaches would come in and smoke them. An advanced warplane can destroy anything on the ground.
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