Before the actual destruction of Jerusalem he shuts himself in to symbolize the siege (3:24 - 27) and plays in miniature scale the game of siege, as would a child (4:1 - 3,7), rationing out to himself publicly his own food and water supply (4:9 - 17). (religion-online.org)
Meanwhile, Stacey's journey had been a very different one, with three generations of her family involved in the actual destruction of Banaba through phosphate mining. (banabancoconutoil.com)
It's reasonable to assume that the actual destruction of airplanes and airbase facilities is just a secondary goal. (politics.stackexchange.com)