[digi_owl]

Also went in late in both wold wars, when the other side was basically exhausted.

Never mind never having had to operate the industry under 24/7 bombardment.

[astrodust]

The US is just too fucking big to be subject to 24/7 bombardment.

The US military, which is ridiculous, couldn't even keep a lid on Iraq and it's not even as big as Texas. There's no adversary that could possibly mount a bombing campaign that big, not even the US itself.