In addition to the one air force refueling plane (tanker) that crashed with the loss of six crew, 5 other US tankers were struck on the ground in Saudi Arabia.
In addition to the one air force refueling plane (tanker) that crashed with the loss of six crew, 5 other US tankers were struck on the ground in Saudi Arabia.
The tankers are critical to refuel the fighter jets that offload their bombs close to Iran, taking off from faraway bases or carriers. The fighters don’t have enough fuel for the round trip.
Assymmetric warfare won the Revolutionary War, the Vietnam War and many others. As I noted once before, when one nation is fighting an existential battle for its life, rather than fighting for poorly articulated reasons and apparently in aid of a foreign power, its passion and determination can be expected to count for a lot. Not to mention the decades it has had in preparing for this moment.