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"Kevin Brooks" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Kevin Brooks" wrote:

Oh, a mere 1200 to 1400 miles up the Yangtze River, maybe 1500 miles
from Taiwan; piece of cake, right? Let's see, F-16's (the most potent
potential ground attack platform the Chinese possess), lugging
weapons heavier than anything the F-16 has ever lugged, on a 3000
mile round trip,

...because nobody would ever send a number of planes on a one-way
mission to destroy something that's a major part of the enemy's
infrastructure, right?

The above is about what one would expect

....from the United States. In WWII. Like when the US "threw away' a
handful of medium bombers in a *symbolic* attack on the Japanese home
islands.

No, the idea of Taiwan sacrificing a goodly portion of its best fighters,
when faced with a growing PLAAF threat themselves, does not make much sense.

....to someone who thinks the attack would never work, since he doesn't
have any idea of the size of the target, the effects and accuracy of
modern weapons, or what people will do when pushed by a big threat.

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