Chapter 277, Irong Fatches
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The Alliance indeed lacked the capability for intercontinental strike capability; their domestically produced missiles couldn't reach nearly twenty thousand kilometers away.
But just because the Alliance didn't have it, didn't mean they didn't have other tricks up their sleeve.
Now, within the Empire's conventional firepower, why wasn't there much advocacy for the development of long-range ground strikes?
There were three reasons: one was that long-range strikes were expensive; two, current air defense technology was quite exaggerated, boasting high interception efficiency.
But the reason a weapon's appearance gets significantly reduced is rarely because it has many natural predators, but rather because its role was supplanted by another type of weapon.
The thing that significantly replaced intercontinental weapons was orbital bombardment.
The Blade Tiger could lend a hand with that.
In the communication, Yelisia said no problem.