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I don’t want to go deeply into the “what if” category, for this mission, there haven’t been any military gliders around, so it wasnt an alternative. Despite that, breaking a simple wall with a special purpose plane, isn’t a no go, you can easily break through most walls with a car. Keep in mind, that the Messerschmitt gigant could even transport a small tank.

Military gliders have been replaced with helicopters, which offer a lot of advantages, but if stealth becomes most important, they might be useful in future missions. Building a stealth aircraft for a single mission might seem be too expansive, but it looks that operating stealth aircraft is especially expansive because of high maintenance cost:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/11/26/the-mammoth-cost-of-operating-americas-combat-aircraft-infographic/?sh=5c2d9c207da7

For a one-way plane, the maintaining cost might be very low as long as good storage can be provided.

One drawback of military gliders is surly the high risk during the landing, this would require some development work.
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<blockquote data-quote="Nicknick" data-source="post: 552077" data-attributes="member: 31699">I don’t want to go deeply into the “what if” category, for this mission, there haven’t been any military gliders around, so it wasnt an alternative. Despite that, breaking a simple wall with a special purpose plane, isn’t a no go, you can easily break through most walls with a car. Keep in mind, that the Messerschmitt gigant could even transport a small tank.Military gliders have been replaced with helicopters, which offer a lot of advantages, but if stealth becomes most important, they might be useful in future missions. Building a stealth aircraft for a single mission might seem be too expansive, but it looks that operating stealth aircraft is especially expansive because of high maintenance cost:<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/11/26/the-mammoth-cost-of-operating-americas-combat-aircraft-infographic/?sh=5c2d9c207da7" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/11/26/the-mammoth-cost-of-operating-americas-combat-aircraft-infographic/?sh=5c2d9c207da7</a>For a one-way plane, the maintaining cost might be very low as long as good storage can be provided.One drawback of military gliders is surly the high risk during the landing, this would require some development work.I</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nicknick, post: 552077, member: 31699"] I don’t want to go deeply into the “what if” category, for this mission, there haven’t been any military gliders around, so it wasnt an alternative. Despite that, breaking a simple wall with a special purpose plane, isn’t a no go, you can easily break through most walls with a car. Keep in mind, that the Messerschmitt gigant could even transport a small tank. Military gliders have been replaced with helicopters, which offer a lot of advantages, but if stealth becomes most important, they might be useful in future missions. Building a stealth aircraft for a single mission might seem be too expansive, but it looks that operating stealth aircraft is especially expansive because of high maintenance cost: [URL]https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/11/26/the-mammoth-cost-of-operating-americas-combat-aircraft-infographic/?sh=5c2d9c207da7[/URL] For a one-way plane, the maintaining cost might be very low as long as good storage can be provided. One drawback of military gliders is surly the high risk during the landing, this would require some development work. I [/QUOTE]

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