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by lm28469 1234 days ago
> Uh, how do you plan to use dumb bombs like that in a conflict like Ukraine? That would require you to be able to fly right over the enemy airfield, they'd need to have no air defenses whatsoever.

Eeeeh that's exactly what happened in the beginning of the conflict... they (Russia) had paratroopers in Kiev day 1

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Which was a barely contested treetop-skimming helicopter assault, and went extremely poorly.

You wouldn't have any luck dropping bombs like those out of helicopters.