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World War II showed how vulnerable warships can be to air attack. Following the war, air defense technologies and procedures significantly improved, but so did anti-ship weapons carried by aircraft. The Falklands Conflict and attacks on tankers during the Iran-Iraq War further showed the havoc relatively simple anti-ship weapons could wreck on ships, but those conflicts were relatively limited in scope, as the air forces knew approximately where the enemy ships were. In a larger conflict or one with more uncertainty, how effective would aircraft be in attacking military and commercial shipping?
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