VEVAK
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None of those give the capability of artillery, which is constant, precise, heavy firepower.
In 10 years from now maybe Iran develops something like this
It takes 3 min's to stop setup and for 6 guys to fire 5 shells
And here what accuracy???
Yes it makes a lot of noise and puts out a lot of shrapnel but it's anything but precise an armed Jet powered UAV you can fly into a window and take out the target and that way you don't destroy a bunch of building that you don't really need to destroy
And if your wanna bring hell to a town nothing does it better than Rocket Artillery
Gun artillery, rocket artillery, and cruise missiles (!!!) all have their own place, VEVAK.
Please don't try to tell me gun artillery can be replaced by any one of these things.
Gun artillery gets 155 mm shells 25-30 km downrange at a rate of multiple shells per minute, per gun. In some situations base bleed and RAP may be used but these are rare since regular, accessible firepower is the job of artillery, not specialised firepower. That's for western artillery, the Russians like their artillery to hit harder and further, the RAP in the latest Russian SP artillery gives up to 70 km range.
Rocket artillery lays out a massive amount of (very inaccurate) longer ranged firepower, but with a long reload time and is only really used for devastating large troop concentrations or as a shock tactic.
Cruise missiles are for relatively long range precision strikes against HVTs.
They all fill very different roles with different capabilities that complement each other. No numbers required.
This is the future now you can have electric power versions or pulse jet powered versions at the end of the day accuracy beats a massive explosion that destroys property of innocent by standards which makes you loose the war of harts and minds and creates hatred
It doesn't matter how right your politics are and your reasons for attacking but if you kill some kids father or a families property in the process of taking out the enemy you create hatred
I'm not saying the psychological factor isn't an important factor for a shock and awe it's it! but there are other more modern way's to get it! due to moor's law & advances in composites, explosives & 3D printing
And Cruise Missiles your talking about are expensive! I'm talking about a powerplant that cost less to build than an RC Turbojet engine
Or a very cheep pulse jet engine for ranges under 50km equipped with $50(day)-$100(night) camera with cheep receivers & transponders on a light composite airframe with the aircraft being remote operated so semi automated flight control in a swarm
and you can get high accuracy & higher rate of fire at about the same cost as a heavy Gun!