"John Cook" wrote in message
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Ah, still rooted in the old "mass always kicks ass" philosophy, huh? When
the other side can't see your lesser numbered force, can't act as agilely
(in terms of reacting to a changing situation) as you can, and can't is
further flying aircraft less capable than your's, then he is in trouble.

Of course he's in trouble, if he plays your 'club the seal' game, If
he goes all out to kill your runways and logistics in one big swamp
attack, then your aircraft numbers do count and no matter how good
your fighters are they will need stop virtually all attackers so they
have somewhere to land.

I wouldn't expect an adversary to play fair and come up to fight in
managable numbers....

When the a/c numbers are so small, a limited sized attack by commandos at
the start of the war on airbases can take out a significant percentage of
the a/c.

10 or 20 a/c out of 180 or so hurts.