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Diem Bien Phu had the attackers dig a surprisingly sophisticated trench system that included protections for their artillery, and with modern weaponry the range to raze increases dramatically. Imagine the planetary forces carrying piece by piece a hundred mid-range rockets with FAE warheads to...

It would really depend on the planet's geography, the actual strategic objectives and the resources available to provide ortillery. Ler's take for example Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh trail, it was a ground route which despite an interdiction campaign launching an average of a bomb every seven minutes...

True, that's why I'm partly in favor of large islands, some additional miles between the beach and your foward operation's base means more time and better locations to intercept any pesky nuclear missile.

Geography is also important. For a planetary invasion I'm a partidary of starting with large islands close, but not too close to continents like Japan or England. For a space based invasion force the traditional defensive advantage of large bodies of water is meaningless and the isolation means...

Going back to the actual roles of the ground forces in a planetary invasion. If the Planet to Space defenses are too strong for a bombardment to counter and the enemy doesn't have resourses for an absolute coverage of the entire planet then having the equivalent of a MEU available to do a...