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Artillery seems to have significantly declined in prominence since World War II in favor of support from aircraft and missiles. However, aircraft and missiles take at least a few minutes to reach the site of a battle and can do little more than observation after deploying their payload (although air strikes are on par with a salvo from a heavy cruiser or battleship), and historically aerial bombs tended to be less accurate than artillery fire (although this has changed with the widespread adoption of guidance systems for aerial bombs but not for artillery).

There are obviously range and payload limitations for artillery, but what if it were emphasized more after World War II, especially as a means of providing forces with organic fire support and in support of ground forces during urban operations?
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