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Mr. Luddite

On 4/16/2017 7:29 AM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 00:48:27 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:57:32 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 4/15/2017 2:24 PM, wrote:

Huh? there is nothing about the size of a conventional explosive in
the Hague conventions.
I am also not sure where the Assad connection is other than any bomb
is fairly indiscriminate and a bomb with a 1 mile blast radius more so
that others.
Why is "guided" so important with a bomb like that which is dropped
from low altitude and makes such a big hole? Guided is important with
little bombs. Big bombs, not so much. It is like when Tibbets was so
concerned with hitting one particular bridge when the whole city was
going to be in the fire ball.

Much more recent than the Hague conventions Greg and much more complex.
Barrel bombs were addressed in the UN as recently as 2014, directly as a
result of the Syrian Civil War. In order to lawfully used, they must
have a direct military objective with ... and this is important ...
"proportional" potential of civilian death or injury. What is
proportional really isn't spelled out but the risk of collateral damage
using a barrel bomb is significantly higher than that of a precision
guided bomb. Use of a barrel bomb on civilian populated areas, even if
there are military objectives is banned and against international law.

There is more to using precision guided ordnance than just hitting the
target. Precision guided ordnance also reduces the risk of collateral
damage.

You really drank the Kool Ade on that one. This is a bomb with a one
mile blast radius and dropped from low altitude, even a gravity bomb
can reliably land on a football field.

If you're looking for maximum damage on a given cave or set of caves, you want the impact *on* that
cave or set, not a quarter mile away. Do you not think the force of an explosion is reduced as the
distance from the impact increases?

Exponentially.