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When's the last time the U.S. fought a military without first having air superiority, Korea? (hexbear.net)
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[–] miz@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vietnam I think

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[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The US and South Vietnam took absolutely brutal aircraft losses from North Vietnam, over 10,000 lost.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

i know, right! like, i bet we dont even have a good handle on how many musket balls we have in stock. when was the last time we counted? seems like forever ago!

[–] blunder@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Are you suggesting that air superiority is obsolete in modern warfare? I don't think that's going to be true at all if they try to land troops