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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They aren’t as easy of a target for missiles as you think. Modern US fighters have a pretty insane attack range and stealth capabilities along with several options for countermeasures. We even have ways of fooling anti-air positions into firing on fake targets in order to expose their positions in order to wipe them out.
And once the anti-air capabilities are neutralized they can rain hell down on the ground forces trying to hold the lines. Ground movement will always be slowed by simple thing like mines and barricades that take time to remove and disable. But once air superiority is established there’s nothing that can really stop it or stop them from reaching the back lines and disrupting power, reinforcements, and supply lines.
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