true or false: any country with a superior air force wins wars?

Question

true or false: any country with a superior air force wins wars?

Answer 1

Your knoweldge of Viet Nam is zero.



Your 2nd premice tells me you have never been in uniform.



Iraq had plenty of modern anti aircraft weapons.....and hit little.



That missile has existed for years....you been napping? Has it scared the US Navy...the Indian Navy....NO!



The country with the most long range missiles wins....when it is big countries against big countries...Can you say DDG..SSGN, SSBN, CG????

Answer 2

False. Air supremacy does factor into the equation. However, the country that hides military might inside of civilian towns and then screams bloody murder when innocent people are killed and the country that can sway the opinion of the enemies' populace wins the war.

Answer 3

air force is a factor. But its about quality, not quantity. With good AA - guns, you will keep most advances at bay. Then the best thing to do is attack with biochemical agents, disperse the population,

and go in for the kill. Then go blitzkrieg on their a s s e s. By then, the enemy would have suffered sever casualties, and you have the upper hand.



Oh, and about China. THEY'RE DOOMED TO COLLAPSE BY THE 2020s. THE RUSSIANS TOO

Go read "The Next Hundred Years" by George Friedman, what an awesome book it was, indeed. :D

Answer 4

False. Germany was superior to britain and ultimately lost due to strategy. WWII

Answer 5

Probably false. You say not Vietnam, well what about USA in Korea then? Also in ww2 I would imagine japan had superior air force than USA at that time? In ww2 the german airforce well out numbered the RAF and the British destroyed the Germans in the battle of Britain.



It probably depends how much better in allies v Iraq for example huge difference but boots on the ground always win wars.

Answer 6

They can also wipe out a few wedding parties, which helps win battles, but like Vietnam, maybe not the war...

Answer 7

Not true, with the introduction of nuclear arms, its depends on the versatility of nukes. Such as ICBM's (intercontinental ballistic missiles) that can travel for thousand upon thousands of miles and decimate an entire city across the globe in a matter of days if not hours. Honestly at this moment in time, if nuclear war broke out, wed be in deep ****... superior airforce or not.

Answer 8

Besides vietnam? We didnt lose vietnam. And the fact that china is builiding an anti ship missile. The US develpoed that years ago. Im tired of people thinking china has a strong military with that terrible economy and relying on trade. True to your question though. When in doubt call in air support

Answer 9

if that was the case then the Germans and the Japs would have won ww2 against the United States.

The Military machine is just that. A machine. Every part has to move proficiently.

Answer 10

True depending on the country. Navy is also very important for some wars. Navy has to support them air attacks. I wonder if there will ever be a high tech navy war or is the U.S. totally dominate?



For you World War 2 people.. Don't you think today is a little different? Axis forces has the best but the best at that time was not good enough. With today's planes that rarely miss and can fly much longer distances at a very much higher speeds.

Answer 11

False

Although the Air Force does help a Nations military by a lot it doesn't necessarily mean victory. Any Nation can fall back to guerrilla welfare when fighting a much bigger and better equipped military. The US itself once used Guerrilla Welfare when fighting the British in the Revolutionary war.



When fighting a war you also need the army. You can't just expect a nation to fly over with their Air Force and claim Victory otherwise they would never ever take control of a Base in which they need their army set up. Sure Planes and Jets would keep flying over the objective base but whats the point if the enemy still got a hold of the Base?

Answer 12

From the military side, Vietnam was a win. So that statement is true of Vietnam too. Politically is where Vietnam was lost. On the battlefield, air superiority led to the USA not losing one battle in Vietnam on the ground.



Part of air superiority is also defeating the air defense systems. Air superiority means you have freedom to move aircraft anywhere. An air defense systems means you cannot move aircraft in that area. So if an enemy still has active air defense systems, you do not have air superiority.



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Germany and Japan did not have superior air forces in World War II. Maybe overall they had more aircraft at the beginning, but they were unable to mass it in order to dominate the skies. Japan was spread out too thin over too large of an area. Germany gambled their air force on the Battle of Britain and lost. Through most of the war, Germany was being bombed almost at will.



Having the dominate air force is more then just have the most or best planes and its more then just dogfighting. Japan and Germany's use of their aircraft meant they were not superior.



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Michal C...

Part of the reason for Russia losing in Afghanistan was because they failed to achieve total air superiority by failing to destroy all of the air defense. If your air power cannot take out the air defense, you do not have air superiority.

Answer 13

it relatively is relatively not a ok theory out question. In a conflict, who can are looking forward to what occurs? somewhat some the Reserves that are in Iraq have been feeling fairly risk-free, huh? Plus, a grunt is a grunt, by employing layout they bypass first, and consequently many die first. the sole actual income to the Air stress is they eat the perfect of all of the Armed amenities

Answer 14

Not true. See Russia in Afghanistan for a counter-example.

Answer 15

Germany and Japan had superior air forces during WWII.