[Strategerist]

And everything the New Jersey did in Lebanon was done 100 times better in Afghanistan by B-52s.

[lentulusgracchus]

And everything the New Jersey did in Lebanon was done 100 times better in Afghanistan by B-52s.

One hundred times better? Let's review. Mission duration for the B-52's was measured in hours. They had to come from CONUS, or from Diego Garcia. With a BB on the scene, flight time is 50 seconds. How fast can you dial up the battlewagon's gun boss and give him the coordinates of whatever you want to make Go Away?

[MeanWestTexan]

"And everything the New Jersey did in Lebanon was done 100 times better in Afghanistan by B-52s."

I agree.

The chief benefit the NJ had was sitting on/just over the horizon, looking terrifying.

It's a psychological thing.

[Sting 11]

And everything the New Jersey did in Lebanon was done 100 times better in Afghanistan by B-52s.

This assumes that we'll always automatically have complete air superiority over the area where the Marines are landing. That's not an assumption war planners should use when determining what assets they will need. In our next war, the enemy might actually possess fighter planes.