Talk:AIF/@comment-13740085-20150404215854

The Coalition air squadrons are mauled as sophisticated, computer guided missiles, guns, and lasers find their targets. Anti-missile defense do much the same, preventing much of the oncoming missiles from striking their targets.

The American troops on the beaches are pinned down from the coalition lines, and calls for aid are sent out to the fleet.

Thor's Hammer, the smallest super-warship in the American fleet but still a force of its own, is sent targeting information for a danger-close bombardment. The targets are set, and fifty MCMs are fired.

The missiles fly up, arch over, then rush down at three times the speed of sound. A series of violent explosions shack the beach, each one an impact from one of those fifty missiles. The forward lines of the coalition ranks are devastated: trenches, tanks, and pillboxes turned to craters, many, many men are killed, much of whose bodies will never be found. A few minutes later, another salvo from Thor's Hammer hits the Coalition lines. The infrastructure there takes an equally hard beating, but it's believed human losses will have decreased.

With less fire coming down on them, the American forces begin advancing. A third missile salvo takes out even more defenses, killing more men.

Back out at see, anti-aircraft/missile defenses become more effective as the battle rages on, as the computers identify patterns, and become more familiar with the speed and maneuverability of the enemy planes and missiles. They then share this data witht the rest of the fleet, improving defenses.

UCAV-EDI fighter drones also prove their effectiveness, though for a good number not their immortality, as their able to turn tighter, accelerate faster, and shoot more accurate than their piloted opponents.

The U.S. super-warships continue to pound away at any ship which fires at them, occasionally avenging the Arbitrator and Admiral Farrugut, as an enemy super-warship slips beneath the waves.