It seems that my initial thinking is supported by many of the comments here. Harriers aren’t the ideal platform for attacking strategic targets, but they can do the job with limitations. Helicopters are even further from the ideal, but they can move some ordinance to the target. Wise use of these assets would involve steering clear of defended targets. The MI types will have to identify all the nodes in the defender’s strategic assets, and the operations people will have to figure out which nodes can be attacked with the greatest negative impact on the enemy’s disposition with acceptable risk/losses to friendly forces. Nothing new, really. The limits on the air assets means that the supply chain might have to be attacked in unconventional ways.
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“We’re not innovating. We’re selectively imitating.” June Bernstein, Acting President of the University of Arizona in Tucson, November 15, 1998.
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