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minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·4 months agoYeah, I would expect Israel to add a guidance kit to these. The kits are cheap and it makes the bombs significantly more effective. A US guidance kit for a MK-84 is the GBU-10:
minus-squareLand_Strider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoWith the guidance maybe you can pinpoint a car or a person, but it won’t matter as long as the payload is still destructive enough the level city blocks.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoIt doesn’t matter how much guidance you put on a 2,000lb bomb. It’s still going to level several apartment towers when it hits a city.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoIt’s okay guys, we got one Hamas guy. Who cares that we killed a hundred civilians and destroyed several hundred homes?
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Yeah, I would expect Israel to add a guidance kit to these. The kits are cheap and it makes the bombs significantly more effective.
A US guidance kit for a MK-84 is the GBU-10:
With the guidance maybe you can pinpoint a car or a person, but it won’t matter as long as the payload is still destructive enough the level city blocks.
It doesn’t matter how much guidance you put on a 2,000lb bomb. It’s still going to level several apartment towers when it hits a city.
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It’s okay guys, we got one Hamas guy. Who cares that we killed a hundred civilians and destroyed several hundred homes?