RE:(was B_5 Aft Arc)Bombers/raiders

Matt Tope wrote:

> >In fact, bombers during wars
> >of the past 70 years took on this role in a round about way.  Raiding
> >of this type helps to keep the enemies production lower, make the
> >situation more of an unknown for the enemy,
>
>In regard to bombers...nope. Bombers only made fairly effective raiders
[...]
>at sea

*At sea*, sure. However, the role the strategic bombers played *over
land* 
during WW2 was indeed similar indeed to the one played by commerce
raiders 
at sea: although they didn't reduce the enemy's production and transport
of 
war materials all that much (in spite of the horrifying civilian
casualties 
they caused), they *did* force him to spend resources (aircraft, AA guns

etc.) to try and stop them... resources which were therefore not
available 
at the front lines.

The main value of raiders, at least since WW1, hasn't been what they 
actually manage to destroy - it is the much larger forces the enemy has
to 
divert from the real fighting to protect against them which makes them 
worthwhile.

Regards,

Oerjan
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
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