Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: cashman@acsu.buffalo.edu (geoffrey a cashman) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: US military options against Iraq Message-ID: <1990Aug17.023553.998@cbnews.att.com> Date: 17 Aug 90 02:35:53 GMT References: <1990Aug8.030239.25217@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: SUNY Buffalo Lines: 28 Approved: military@att.att.com From: cashman@acsu.buffalo.edu (geoffrey a cashman) In article <1990Aug8.030239.25217@cbnews.att.com> ames!ames!claris!portal!cup.portal.com!hkhenson@uunet.UU.NET writes: > > >From: >I know that there are other considerations which inhibit one nation >from making a military assualt with the object of killing the leader of >another country, but as a technical question, could a cruse missile hit >a specified part of a building? Particulary, say, a bedroom? K. Henson There is no doubt that a cruise missile could accomplish such a task. Cruise missiles are EXCEEDINGLY accurate. To quote one article I read, (no I don't remember where and it's paraphrased anyway :-)) "You could launch one in Dallas and have it go through the goalposts at RFK stadium in Washington." The difficult part of this is that you need VERY accurate maps of the area you intend to fire the missile in. However the good news that I've heard is that these maps were already developed during the time period of the Iraq-Iran war. -- - Geoff Cashman cashman@acsu.buffalo.edu