Quote Originally Posted by carl View Post
Why? Ground forces caught in the open with no defense have been sitting ducks for airplanes since World War I. If NATO draws the wrong conclusions from this I'd say there is something seriously wrong with the officers responsible for doctrine and force balance. That would be the grave problem, not that airplanes can still do what they have been able to do for the last 93 years.
Officers don't decide about war or peace, or about the mission of the military as a whole.
Officers don't decide on military budgets either.