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    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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    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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  • [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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    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 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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    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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    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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    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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