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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Lost: [QB] When you can land a C-5 Galaxy with an M-1 Main Battle Tank, a B-1 Bomber, and a KC-135R Tanker on a carrier deck then you won't need the Air Force..... The Navy and the Marine Corps like their carriers, can't blame them, they can move, airbases can't, they can sit and get hit though. These days it is, usually, unimportant too distinguish between branches, since they all work together as a matter of nessecity. Except for the Army/Marine Corps thing.... Marines really hate to be called Naval Infantry....... Strategic strikes with B-2's can happen against any country, easily, so that should be the first strike, unless you want to make a statement, then Tomahawks fired off of cruisers/destroyers/submarines will do that. We can fly up the Gulf and over Kuwait, since we can fly out of Kuwait to strike Iraq right now.... Same for Turkey. Re-enforcing the brigade stationed in Kuwait would be nessecary, several Corps could be placed there, if the Navy can protect them in the Gulf. This would also be a job, in the air, for the Air Force. All the SL-7s, fast sealift ships, would need to transport what they can. Heavy armor and their supporting trucks. Also the MPPS, Maritime Pre-Postioning Ships, which carry most of what you need to take over a country the size of Kuwait (sustained combat opertions for 30 days) are also stationed at Diego, along with a couple of boat loads of equipment. It would have to work like it did for Operations Shield/Storm, depending on what treaties have come about since then...... And if there are no treaties worth a crap you can also use money, Most Favored Nation status, increased military aide, lowered tariffs, etc. to gain cooperation from who we need..... Turkey may have to decide between the lesser of two evils, Say Damns NBC weapons or letting us help the Kurds... Which they have already, letting us fly aid out of our NATO sanctioned airbases and air drop it on the Kurds.... The military aspect is usually easy to plan and accomplish, compared to the political aspect.... Dang, this frisky keyboard stuff is catchy...... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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