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From: davecb@nexus.yorku.ca (David Collier-Brown)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Hardened structures. (Sidebar re hangers)
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Date: 25 Jan 91 03:55:12 GMT
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From: davecb@nexus.yorku.ca (David Collier-Brown)

bxr307@csc.anu.edu.au writes:
| 	What is really needed for the destruction of the hardened shelters in
| use by the Iraqis is a new "Tallboy" "Earthquake" bomb in the 22,000 pound
| class. 
[...]
| 	If a laser guidance system was mated to such a weapon, its accuracy
| would be considerably increased and you'd be sure of hitting close to the
| target.

  If you have a weapon with a low angle of attack (ie, close to horizontal),
and a laser designator, you can hit the entrances of hardened structures,
which are usually less hard.
  This is particularly true of large entrances, like hanger doors.

  Then again, our old friend the FAE bomb is more of an area weapon, and can
probably be used to knock hanger doors off even if you can't get it right on
the doorstep.

--dave
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