The ultimate sacrifice

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by gnirtS

Fail to see the point anyway. A crashing/exploding plane wont have the impact a 2000lb bomb going of will and with the JDAM bolt ons you can get them to hit a point more accurately than a crashing aircraft.

You missed the point: the general laid out a hypothetical scenario where your weapons are blocked or you already have run out of ammo. The best JDAM is useless for you if you don't have one with you, or your weapons control system is broken and refuses to fire it.