Aeroplanes are the favourite weapon choice for Commanders-in-Chief reluctant to take casualties - the US answer to most military situations seems to be 'send in the B52s'. Meanwhile, the primary purpose of those floating grey targets is for launching aircraft when there isn't a friendly runway handy. UK doesn't have any carrier groups, presumably because there are plenty of friendly runways now we are no longer a "superpower"*
So whats the argument against the aeroplane as a single weapon? Its a damned effective weapon after all!
* superpower: a nation that checks the mesh size of other nations fishing nets while wearing its underpants on the outside.
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