Eternity RPC Board
11-22-2017, 07:56 PM
Strategic bombing is a military strategy used in a total war with the goal of defeating the enemy by destroying its morale or its economic ability to produce and transport materiel to the theatres of military operations, or both. It is a systematically organized and executed attack from the air which can utilize strategic bombers, long- or medium-range missiles, or nuclear-armed fighter-bomber aircraft to attack targets deemed vital to the enemy's war-making capability. - wikipedia.
We need to have a serious discussion about strategic bombing in Siora, particularly given the absence of nuclear weapons and the ways this affects military doctrine.
Some would say that strategic bombing is obsolete, citing as an example the fact that it has not been employed in recent wars. I say that this is not true, that strategic bombing remains a viable and indeed, central element of a successful military campaign on the modern battlefield.
The argument that strategic bombing is obsolete, comes from some people's lack of understanding of the primary purpose of employing it and subsequently the lack of understanding in regards to the reasons it has not been used recently.
Strategic bombing in the modern sense is meant to take out enemy infrastructure and ability to produce new military equipment, as well as potentially destroy an enemy's economy by crippling trade routes and access to basic utilities such as running water, electricity, gas, etc. Its absence from the modern day RL battlefield is caused by the fact that most wars are either waged between 2nd and 3rd world countries, which do not have this military capability, or between 1st world nations and the latter categories. Since most 2nd and 3rd world nations do not have extensive military production capabilities and almost always rely on imported hardware, strategic bombing becomes unnecessary.
But if a war were to break out between two 1st world nations with extensive military industries, strategic bombing would once again be one of the most important (if not THE most important) elements of any military strategy.
In a modern war, strategic bombing would consist of a mixture of classic use of bombers, as well as cruise and ballistic missile barrages of varying scale. For example, Carpathia's doctrine regarding its use of a large arsenal of missiles, is part of the strategic bombing doctrine that I am using.
I am trying to make the case that strategic bombing should be something that 1st rate powers should take very seriously. What are your opinions on the matter?
We need to have a serious discussion about strategic bombing in Siora, particularly given the absence of nuclear weapons and the ways this affects military doctrine.
Some would say that strategic bombing is obsolete, citing as an example the fact that it has not been employed in recent wars. I say that this is not true, that strategic bombing remains a viable and indeed, central element of a successful military campaign on the modern battlefield.
The argument that strategic bombing is obsolete, comes from some people's lack of understanding of the primary purpose of employing it and subsequently the lack of understanding in regards to the reasons it has not been used recently.
Strategic bombing in the modern sense is meant to take out enemy infrastructure and ability to produce new military equipment, as well as potentially destroy an enemy's economy by crippling trade routes and access to basic utilities such as running water, electricity, gas, etc. Its absence from the modern day RL battlefield is caused by the fact that most wars are either waged between 2nd and 3rd world countries, which do not have this military capability, or between 1st world nations and the latter categories. Since most 2nd and 3rd world nations do not have extensive military production capabilities and almost always rely on imported hardware, strategic bombing becomes unnecessary.
But if a war were to break out between two 1st world nations with extensive military industries, strategic bombing would once again be one of the most important (if not THE most important) elements of any military strategy.
In a modern war, strategic bombing would consist of a mixture of classic use of bombers, as well as cruise and ballistic missile barrages of varying scale. For example, Carpathia's doctrine regarding its use of a large arsenal of missiles, is part of the strategic bombing doctrine that I am using.
I am trying to make the case that strategic bombing should be something that 1st rate powers should take very seriously. What are your opinions on the matter?