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Old 24th Aug 2021, 19:01
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henra
 
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Originally Posted by WE Branch Fanatic
Lessons include:
The need to kill the archers, not the arrows.
Although technology to kill the arrows has MASSIVELY evolved in the mean time. With the new generation of long range missiles you will not always be able to kill the archer. On the plus side these long range missiles are rather big and heavy and thus rather easy targets for systems like RAM, Phalanx. AEW remains crucial, though.
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