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Old 2008-04-22, 00:18   Link #229
4Tran
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Originally Posted by Bballmvp4 View Post
Thats what Specter gunships are for. They can attack from high altitudes and mathimatically plot a course to keep a steady stream of fire on targets.
The AC-130 neither is particularly good at defeating enemy armor, nor does it attack from a very high altitude. Besides, do the Britannians have an analogue to it?

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Originally Posted by KrimzonStriker View Post
We don't even know if Britannia had Ariel superiority against the EU to do that though, and even against insurgents and the like they were hiding either behind lots of rock or in urban battle grounds which makes air power far more difficult to implement for Britannia I would imagine >_>
Britannia effectively had aerial superiority since they had no problems inserting the Lancelot. However, you're quite correct that any sort of cover severely limits the effectiveness of airpower.
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