Re: Thought on Orbital Bombardment...

On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 20:39:35 -0500 "Laserlight" <laserlight@quixnet.net>
writes:
>> > 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...
>
>No, it's because the naval weapons only had a limited range from the
>coastline.  Not an issue with orbital bombardment, so if you can ht a
>border fort, you can hit their capital, their munitions factories, etc
>
>

BUT operationally, strategically and economically - * do * you want to
do
that to a planet you hope to occupy?

Gracias,
Glenn

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