Air power has come to stay as the first strike resort for all nations in case of future skirmishes or war, along with deployment of cruise missiles from seawards and from land. The Kosovo experience, Iraq wars and the July 2006 mini war between Israel and Lebanon based Hezbollah force that challenged Israel, has validated the concept, though ultimately it is 'boots on ground' that need to do the mopping up of a skirmish or mini war.
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