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		Spooky23 37 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Ga... As a defender, you only need to fail once. Blow up a few B-2s on the ramp and that becomes a event with unlimited bad potential.

urikaduri 37 days ago [–]

By the time it takes the missiles to reach there, the planes could be in the air.

machomaster 37 days ago | [–]

Could be. But won't be. The flying time to target is mere minutes, and taking the plane from zero (not even crew inside) to air takes much longer than that.

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