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From: jackson@ttidcc.tti.com (Dick Jackson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: How do Smart Bombs Work?
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Date: 19 Jan 91 04:25:46 GMT
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From: jackson@ttidcc.tti.com (Dick Jackson)


How many types of smart bomb are there? Is it possible for bombs dropped
from high altitude to change course on the way down based on some kind
of internal recognition, e.g. they locate tank silhouettes, etc?

If not, I don't understand how the raids on Baghdad, which were said to
be flown "above the range of flak", could be classed as precision.

Dick Jackson