Originally Posted by
Buster Hyman
Sorry if I'm covering old ground but, 59 Tomahawks? Are that many needed to disable an airbase? (Genuinely don't know).
Here's the target tally we know about
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15 concrete aircraft parking revetments
10 aircraft maintenance hangars/buildings
10 anti aircraft defense sites
7 fuel storage/pumping facilities
10 ammunition bunkers
That's 52 specific targets we know about. Some targets (like large hangars) may have had more than one missile targeted at it.
And for those nitwits who complain about the cost of those missiles, each aircraft destroyed cost 20 to 50 times the cost of the missile. 20 aircraft were destroyed. The hangars, maintenance buildings, fuel facilities, ammunition facilities, aircraft revetments, etc etc almost certainly cost way more than the missiles. Those missiles got a LOT of bang for the bucks spent.