Attacker

Japanese: attacker
Attacker

...Military aircraft whose main purpose is to attack ground targets (ships, tanks, airfields, etc.) are broadly divided into two types: carrier-based attack aircraft for aircraft carriers and land-based attack aircraft for close ground support. In the U.S. military, these are collectively called attackers. Carrier-based attack aircraft are the core of the striking power of maritime task forces, and their main behavior pattern is to approach targets far from the mother ship while avoiding various types of interference from enemy radar, anti-aircraft fire, fighter planes, etc., attack them with bombs, missiles, torpedoes, etc., and then fly a long distance back to the mother ship. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "attacker" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…地上目標(艦船,戦車,飛行場など)に対する攻撃を主目的とする軍用機で,航空母艦用の艦上攻撃機と近接地上支援用の陸上機型攻撃機の2種類に大別される。アメリカ軍ではこれらを総称してアタッカーattackerと呼んでいる。艦上攻撃機は海上機動部隊の打撃力の中核となる機種で,その主要な行動パターンは,敵のレーダー,対空砲火,戦闘機などによる種々の妨害をかわしながら,母艦より遠く離れた目標に迫り,これに爆弾,ミサイル,魚雷などで攻撃を加え,再び長い距離を飛んで母艦に帰投するという型をとる。…

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