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The airfield which was bombed (Original Post) FDRsGhost Apr 2017 OP
He reports "several" cruise missiles were shot down Warpy Apr 2017 #1
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2017 #2

Warpy

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1. He reports "several" cruise missiles were shot down
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 11:02 PM
Apr 2017

and that there's a 3 level defense at that field. That explains why they shot 50 of them at a job that far fewer would have been needed to destroy a less fortified field. It's sounding a little less like overkill.

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