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From: cyclist@hubcap.clemson.edu (Barry Johnson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Questionable value of air superiority
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Date: 2 Sep 90 06:09:05 GMT
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From: cyclist@hubcap.clemson.edu (Barry Johnson)
>From article <1990Aug28.042628.28858@cbnews.att.com>, by HARPER%ccvax.ucd.ie@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU:
> 
> 
> of the last fifty years.  The land war in Vietnam demonstrated that if a
> nation was willing to endure tremendous casualties caused by air warfare
> and continually bolster the land army that a winnable war could be fought.

But does the obvious differences in terrain between Vietnam and
Saudi Arabia not play a part?  Granted, I'm not very
knowledgable on the subject, but isn't a land war in the desert
a tacticly completely different animal than a land war in the jungle?  
Would CAS be more or less difficult in a desert terrain as
opposed to a jungle terrain?  
-- 
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