Launching Your Planetary Invasion | Orbital Bombardment, Dropships, & The Escalation Ladder

Do planetary invasions have a place within interstellar war? Can armies be expected to size control of entire worlds? Does orbital bombardment render such operations entirely unnecessary? On this episode of Incoming, the Templin Institute dares to answer these questions.

00:00 | Introduction
04:28 | Orbital Bombardment | Justifying Planetary Invasions
05:55 | War of the Admirals | Justifying Planetary Invasions
09:32 | Disadvantages of Orbital Bombardment | Justifying Planetary Invasions
14:43 | The Escalation Ladder | Justifying Planetary Invasions
22:23 | Horizontal Escalation | Justifying Planetary Invasions
24:06 | Scale of a Interstellar Armies | Justifying Planetary Invasions
26:04 | Morality of Orbital Bombardment | Justifying Planetary Invasions
27:14 | Planetary Assault | Types of Planetary Invasion
29:12 | Planetary Raid | Types of Planetary Invasion
30:18 | Planetary Withdrawal | Types of Planetary Invasion
31:15 | Planetary Demonstration | Types of Planetary Invasion
32:52 | Crisis Response | Types of Planetary Invasion
34:20 | Phases of a Planetary Invasion
39:37 | Individual Drop Pods | Dropship Types
42:54 | Heavy Drop Pods | Dropship Types
44:32 | Light Dropship | Dropship Types
46:18 | Medium Dropship | Dropship Types
47:15 | Heavy Dropship | Dropship Types
48:04 | Light Gunship | Dropship Types
49:14 | Medium Gunship | Dropship Types
50:02 | Heavy Gunship | Dropship Types
51:00 | Troop Transports | Dropship Types
52:13 | Conclusion

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