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Old 25th Oct 2018, 07:15
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Another interesting aspect about the LO "stealth" hugely expensive fighter/bombers is that they seem to be pretty much creatures of the night. Optical/IR in day/VFR seems to remain a vulnerability. Maybe the LO empire is night precision bombing but day fighting could still be owned by high spec Typhoon in much greater numbers for your $. Anyway, it is all probably wasted. Eastern doctrine seems to be leaning heavily towards first use of nuke missiles if they feel the need. With no ABM or dispersed capability, there would soon be no defence.

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