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Yeah, I know "plonk"
On Mar 7, 3:13 pm, Marty wrote:
Two meter troll wrote: yes the "smart bombs" do less damage to the surroundings than the old carpet bombing. a bomb is a bomb it has a blast radius smart bomb just means it "hits" what it was dropped to hit sometimes. and laser guided just means it homes in on a target that is "painted" by an observer this can be on the ground or from the air. some bombs are set up to penetrate a hardened target. all of them have a blast radius of several yards to several hundred feet depending on payload and fragmentation characteristics. most of what the us drops are 500lb bombs and they have a nice big blast radius. There were quite a few 5000 pounders dropped, takes out most of a city block,,, but damned accurately.... Cheers Martin LOL ayep accurate all right. thanks Martin |
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