Airstrike
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When faced with the Destroyer, General Lethbridge-Stewart told the Seventh Doctor that he could prepare an airstrike in minutes. However, the Doctor told him that it would be no good as conventional weapons would not harm it. (TV: Battlefield)
During World War II, the Germans conducted air raids on London in what was known as the Blitz. (TV: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances)