Gonad
DON'T FUCK WITH MY TITLE BITCH
Nothing. Because they're all dead, because after the fighter jets didn't work, and before they decided to use the ulra-nifty virus approach, they attempted to NUKE all the alien ships, which just happened to be sitting atop all the most populous cities, and with a fallout of far more range than the alien's destructive attacks.
Of course, the nukes were useless against the alien shields, but the mission wasn't aborted in time because they assumed that the hits were successful.
Of course, the nukes were useless against the alien shields, but the mission wasn't aborted in time because they assumed that the hits were successful.