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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Not only are planes very fast but they are very efficient. Large ships or other objectives can be taken out by a single plane that can be hard to shoot down before they deliver their payload. Even if the plane is shot down, as long as it made it to its destination and fired off a bomb/missile/etc, it’s one plane that can destroy a warship/important checkpoint/tank/bunker/you name it. A tactical strike can be way more important than throwing lots of infantry/armored vehicles at an objective and hoping it works.
It’s also harder to spot and shoot a plane down than people think. Especially with the advancement of countermeasures like flares and stealth tech combined with long range ordinance, 99 times out of 100 a plane will destroy their target before they’re even spotted.
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