>>796325Are you sure?
It was once part of the rules of war that they had to visually identify targets, like definitely in the 50s. Somehow I ended up thinking they had changed that.
Like, I remember learning that at an air and space museum, and it was in the context of the F-4 Phantom being the first America Jet in combat that had no machine gun, and had radar. The F-4 Phantom was designed with a combat technique of hitting targets from far away with missiles, which violated the rules of war at the time. But that was like 50 years ago, and its not like we've stepped back from that technique. Having to approach and then visually identify targets seems infeasible in modern aerial combat.
