In a commentary for The Los Angeles Times, Ms. Gibson said drones did not simply fly to a target, launch their missiles and then withdraw to a distant base.
More distant base stations (BSs) are ignored, so in the considered scenario, 19 BSs are transmitting in the same band.
There are probably some workarounds, like launching the strike from a distant base and then having it land nearby for refueling before returning home.
From distant bases or ships at sea, we sent planes and missiles that could destroy an enemy division, or strike a single bunker.
Nevertheless, the in-transit fuel needed to supply a force from distant bases adds major increments of transport cost, especially under conditions (e.g., poor roads) that reduce speed or increase fuel consumption.
The Marianas had been invaded, in a bloody Navy and Marine and Army operation, beginning in June of 1944, specifically to provide the closest base within reach of Japan for the B-29s, which had been struggling to send a few planes at a time there from distant bases in China, and the clearing work and construction of heavy-duty airstrips began even before the islands were secure.
ASSAULT AGAINST AFGHANISTAN -- Striking at night, from aircraft carriers and distant bases, the United States and Great Britain launched a barrage of cruise missiles and long-range bombers against Afghanistan to try to destroy the terrorist training camps of Osama bin Laden's movement, Al Qaeda, and the Taliban military that has protected it.
Striking at night from aircraft carriers and distant bases, the United States and Britain launched a powerful barrage of cruise missiles and long-range bombers against Afghanistan today to try to destroy the terrorist training camps of Osama bin Laden's Qaeda network and the Taliban government that has protected it.
Our immensely successful air attacks in Afghanistan had to be mounted from distant bases and a few aircraft carriers.
Flying out of some distant bases raised the average sortie time to 5.4 hours, with some sorties lasting up to seven hours--refueling accomplished in the air.
However, long range bomber advocates interpreted its language to mean that the Air Corps could conduct long range reconnaissance, attack approaching fleets, reinforce distant bases, and attack enemy air bases, all in furtherance of its mission to prevent an air attack on America.
