RE: Armour, part II

elp,

With all due respect I disagree. The faith you have in airpower is based pretty much on the experience of the US in the last three/four wars it fought against enemies incapable of defending themselves properly. A nation unable to acheive the total control of the air like the US can might decide that actually tanks can be quite useful. Besides, I note that even though the US can bring to bear thousands of tons of precision guided ordinance on Afghanistan nothing has replaced the grunt on the ground with his trusty M-16. I’m willing to bet that there’s nothing those grunts want more than a few Bradleys and a few Abrams watching their backs.