Melchett01, enjoyed your post,
but I'll point out that including the B-2 in this discussion is out of touch. Nobody has one except the USAF, and this bun fight is mostly RN and RAF.
The failed decapitation strike in 2003 at long last burst the bubble that the USAF had inflated during 1991 Gulf War. Sad but true.
Its not coming of as desired highlights the key practical and doctrinal issue that USMC/USArmy Fire Support-Artillery folks and USAF/USN/USMC/USArmy air to ground folks were all concerned about
: the sensor-to-shooter link. Added to that is the matter of actionable intelligence, a related but separate nut to crack that ties in to the Mansur strikes.
A pity they didn't get the bugger ... but at least the
fantasies of the Air Power
a outrance Mavens of the modern age (the Douhets of the 21st century) were exposed for being just what they were.