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How easily could the US destroy/cripple a nation's infrastructure using bombing like what happened to Germany in WW2 and Iraq in the Gulf War?

How many tons of ordnance/munitions would it require? What kind of munitions?

How much prior planning and preparation would this goal require?

As an example this is what occurred to Iraq in 1991.

From Wiki:
Coalition bombing raids destroyed Iraqi civilian infrastructure. 11 of Iraq's 20 major power stations and 119 substations were totally destroyed, while a further six major power stations were damaged.[18][19] At the end of the war, electricity production was at four percent of its pre-war levels. Bombs destroyed the utility of all major dams, most major pumping stations, and many sewage treatment plants, Telecommunications equipment, port facilities, oil refineries and distribution, railroads and bridges were also destroyed.

Some example nations would be:

China

Mexico

Iran

India
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