Is CM Artillery too destructive?

[SGTGunn]

CBU-97's were used in OIF with some success and AFAIK are still in production and USAF inventory. The biggest problem these days is a lack of appropriate targets worth expending a CBU-97 on.

[Marcello]

Originally Posted by SGTGunn

CBU-97's were used in OIF with some success and AFAIK are still in production and USAF inventory. The biggest problem these days is a lack of appropriate targets worth expending a CBU-97 on.

That would make some sense, as noted if the **** really hits the fan a bomber can be armed with them, take off from the USA and drop them in Iran, Korea or whatever. This way the most can be made of a limited stockpile of specialized weapons.
On the other hand artillery rounds would need to be stored ready at hands, which would require a larger number of them to cover all possible fronts or limit them only to campaigns like OIF.
SADARM worked too, by the accounts; nevertheless it was cut in 2001. Lack of urgent threat is certainly the primary issue, but cost and technical reasons may have played a role.