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Early in the war under operation "Rolling Thunder" troop concentrations, conventional AAA batteries, bridges, and roads were the primary targets. As the war progressed, and operations such as "Linebacker" and "Linebacker II" were launched, oil storage facilities, MIG-17, MIG-19, and MIG-21 air bases, and missile sites were targeted. As well as the capital itself, Hanoi.

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