also… the Mossie used less critical resources which meant they could build more of them. and the plywood construction may have been harder to spot on radar.
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call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 1 month agoActually, it turns out the best strategy is to strip the plane’s armor - light planes need less fuel, which makes them even lighter, and that makes them faster. Fast planes spend less time in enemy airspace and are harder to hit.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 month ago
kossa@feddit.org 1 month ago
Here’s my strategic assessment: the best option is to large scale infiltrate your enemy before air raids and let the infiltrators put potatos into the air defence systems barrel’s. 🥔 gg, ez.
FishFace@piefed.social 1 month ago
The survivability onion: 1 don’t get seen, 2 don’t get hit, 3 don’t get damaged, 4 don’t get killed
call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
You forgot zero: don’t be there.
FishFace@piefed.social 1 month ago
The principles are usually about the machine itself, rather than overall war strategy, but sure, if you can do something without risking stuff and people, that’s better.
call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I mean, you could argue that “spend less time in enemy territory” counts for this.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
negative one: don’t be
echodot@feddit.uk 1 month ago
That’s the tactic my goth girlfriend employees. It has its downsides.
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Negative two: don’t think
huh? Well...
This relies on the quote “I think, therefore I am,” but if I’d led with that, I’d be putting Descartes before the horse.