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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
Just one thing, Chico -- the Tu-16 is not capable of supersonic speeds down on the deck. If you want a combination of age and down-on-the-deck supersonic capability, I would replace the Tu-16s with Tu-22 Blinders, which are capable of Mach 1.22 on the deck (though they have no NOE capability and bombing accuracy would be poor; probably better to arm them with cruise missiles or SRAMs).
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Thanks Paul!
I went and edited the post to swap them out with Blinders. At this point in the war, I have Long Range Aviation relying on dumb bombs for missions like these. Most of the cruise missiles and ASMs in the stockpiles were expended in the campaign against the Chinese air defense network and subsequent demolition of Chinese military industry, in the Battle of the Norwegian Sea and in strikes on Luftwaffe bases in West Germany in the fall of 96, as well as long-range strikes on air bases in the UK. With targets in the Balkans relatively poorly protected, Long Range Aviation can use dumb bombs and save the remaining missiles (and current production) for higher priority targets.
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I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
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