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Old 11-04-2014, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by kato13 View Post
Clancy (actually probably Larry Bond) got around that by having the first counter attack against the bombers being directed against drones. The F-14s were splashing drones while the real bombers were coming from another direction.

It was a one trick pony and in the end Tomahawks from 7 or 8 Los Angeles subs truly did decimate the bombers right after they landed from a strike.
Operation Doolittle, IIRC. A direct strike on Soviet soil, one that in reality would've triggered a nuclear attack on either Norfolk, Holy Loch or possibly Bremen.
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