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ELI5: Why don't cruise missiles render bomber jets obsolete?
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I think the main advantage over a cruise missile is that having an aircraft "on station", in other words, nearly right over top of the target, allows for more flexibility in general. If the target moves ever so slightly, then adjustments can be made right then and there. If the target is a building and 80 school children walk out of it, it's going to be a lot harder to stop a cruise missile than an aircraft.

Overall, in Iraq and Syria, the environment on the ground is so fluid and changing that lobbing cruise missiles will work only some of the time.