Tactical bombing is aerial bombing aimed at targets of immediate military value, such as combatants, military installations, or military equipment. This...
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wage war. As of 2024, no tactical nuclear weapons have ever been used in combat. Tactical nuclear weapons include gravity bombs, short-range missiles, artillery...
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Bomber (redirect from Bombing plane)
classifications of bomber: strategic and tactical. Strategic bombing is done by heavy bombers primarily designed for long-range bombing missions against strategic targets...
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Toss bombing (sometimes known as loft bombing, and by the U.S. Air Force as the Low Altitude Bombing System, or LABS) is a method of bombing where the...
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bombing has been used to this end. The phrase "terror bombing" entered the English lexicon towards the end of World War II and many strategic bombing...
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Area bombardment (redirect from Area bombing)
Aerial bombing of cities Carpet bombing Civilian casualties of strategic bombing Firestorm High-level bombing Precision-guided munition Tactical bombing "area...
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offensive commenced on 16 November 1944 with one of the heaviest Allied tactical bombings of the war. However, the Allied advance was unexpectedly slow, against...
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Tactic (method) (redirect from Tactical method)
[original research?] Chess tactics Political tactics Protest tactics Tactical bombing Tactical wargame Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary of Aviation (first ed...
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(AI), also known as deep air support (DAS), is the use of preventive tactical bombing and strafing by combat aircraft against enemy targets that are not...
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Carpet bombing, also known as saturation bombing, is a large area bombardment done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected...
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Attack aircraft (redirect from Tactical bombers)
means, in turn, specifically tactical air-to-ground action—in other words, neither air-to-air action nor strategic bombing is considered an attack mission...
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generally used for strategic bombing (although at times, e.g. during the Normandy Landings, may be used for tactical bombing), and is composed of bombers...
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Operation Menu (redirect from Secret Bombing of Cambodia)
Operation Menu was a covert United States Strategic Air Command (SAC) tactical bombing campaign conducted in eastern Cambodia from 18 March 1969 to 26 May...
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Air force (section Strategic bombing)
responsible for gaining control of the air, carrying out strategic and tactical bombing missions, and providing support to land and naval forces often in the...
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pilots. The Su-34 was designed primarily for tactical deployment against ground and naval targets (tactical bombing/attack/interdiction roles, including against...
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list of United States-used attack aircraft, which typically perform tactical bombing and close air support against ground targets. "A-26 Invader – A-26...
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United States, Russia and China. They serve in both strategic and tactical bombing roles. The first heavy bomber was designed as an airliner. Igor Sikorsky...
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strategic bombing of railways, harbours, cities, workers' and civilian housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory. Strategic bombing as a military...
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Aerial bombing of cities Area bombardment Bomber Explosive weapons Strategic bombing Tactical bombing Types of aerial bomb Cluster bomb Concrete bomb Earthquake...
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Air warfare of World War II (redirect from World War II bombing raid)
strategic bombing. By contrast, Britain and the United States took an approach that greatly emphasized strategic bombing and (to a lesser degree) tactical control...
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late 1920s for army co-operation duties including reconnaissance and tactical bombing. While the design took the Aero A.11 as its starting point (and was...
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to being a tactical nuclear strike aircraft, the Canberra proved to be highly adaptable, serving in varied roles such as tactical bombing and photographic...
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Attack/Armed Reconnaissance Pace-Finletter MOU 1952 Tactical bombing, a general term for the type of bombing that includes CAS and air interdiction Close Air...
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aerial bombs. (See Industrial warfare#Naval warfare) During WWII, there was a debate between strategic bombing and tactical bombing. Strategic bombing focused...
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Squadron RAF Boston III, RAF Ford (tactical bombing) No. 107 Squadron RAF Boston III, RAF Ford (tactical bombing) No. 226 Squadron RAF Boston III, RAF...
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Fighter aircraft (redirect from Tactical aircraft)
battlefield permits bombers and attack aircraft to engage in tactical and strategic bombing of enemy targets, and helps prevent the enemy from doing the...
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including those with the capability of bombing, meaning aircraft such as strike aircraft (also known as tactical bombers) and torpedo bombers are included...
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Dive bomber (redirect from Dive bombing)
bomber was thus ill-suited for tactical bombing, particularly in close support. Attempts at using high-altitude bombing in near-proximity to troops often...
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used in a variety of roles, including fighter and escort missions, tactical bombing and reconnaissance missions. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Potez...
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international propaganda value." The regiment flew harassment and precision bombing missions against the German military from 1942 until the end of the Second...
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