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Re:US military grounds entire fleet of F-35 jets by AnimalMuppet on Thursday October 11, 2018 @05:04PM (#18197020)
> > ship-launched cruise missiles for ground attacks.

> Ship launched cruise missiles for close air support? I'm skeptical.

Perhaps you should be skeptical, but that's not at all what adrr said...

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Re:US military grounds entire fleet of F-35 jets by stcredzero on Thursday October 11, 2018 @08:20PM (#18198124)
A part of the F-35's ground attack mission includes close air support. Of course, the F-35 also has massive drawbacks there as well.

In terms of force projection, it's the ability to shut down the enemy's close air support while providing it to your side which is part of the whole point of air superiority.

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