Originally Posted by
switch_on_lofty
Weapon firing (thinking complex here not guns) with a dynamic target(s) in a complex scenario which is not possible in a range environment.
Systems have developed to the extent that simply dropping practice bombs is no practise at all. The latest jets now need off-range targets in the same way as the V-Force. No reason now why RAF jets could not return to French airspace for off-range targets.