F-35's Towed Decoys

Re:F-35's Towed Decoys by WJW on Friday March 29, 2019 @06:17PM (#19526147)

Well, only if you can keep fighting a defined enemy who is at all vulnerable to a traditional conflict. An enemy who is globally distributed and just targets vulnerable energy and water infrastructure over the internet is much less targetable with air power.

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Re:F-35's Towed Decoys by bordercases on Friday March 29, 2019 @06:47PM (#19526294)

But if you don't keep up at least a modicum of pretense for building air superiority, you will have two problems.

In the case of domestic extremism the theatre gets pushed to surveillance + communication monitoring.

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Re:F-35's Towed Decoys by manigandham on Sunday March 31, 2019 @07:42PM (#19539234)

Why? The enemy still exists physically and can be attacked like any other target. Being distributed is precisely the reason why we need a strong Air Force with global air superiority so the enemy can't hide.

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