Re: Thought on Orbital Bombardment...

> Because it makes it much harder to justify ground combat.

Something usually survives just about any bombardment shy of
sterilization
with nukes.  So there will be something to mop...

> True but they didn't reach into the country's interior.

That's because only Japan was completely surrounded by water and U.S.
dropping nukes on them and the Soviets invading Manchuria and Sahalin
Isaland, they surrendered before the U.S. invaded the main islands...

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