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From: dfo@tko.vtt.fi (Foxvog Douglas)
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Date: 13 Feb 91 03:16:29 GMT
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From: dfo@tko.vtt.fi (Foxvog Douglas)
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Subject: Is the US running low on bombs?
Summary: 1/4 to 1/2 million already expended
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The US and its partners have flown over 30,000 bombing missions with 
planes carrying 10 - 40 bombs (someone have figures for different planes
-- what they CAN carry?) each. This seems to indicate around 1/4 to
1/2 million bombs have been dropped*. The US certainly wants to maintain
a large number for use during the upcoming ground offensive.  Does
anyone know what the US supply of bombs is, of different types and
whether they might now be starting to run low on specific types or in
general?

How many bombs has the US shipped to the area?  Does anyone have a
ballpark estimate?  What is the total US stockpile?  What is current
production rate?

It might cause pressure to start the ground war earlier if the military
perceived that its supply of bombs was running low.

doug foxvog
dfo@tko.vtt.fi

* 80% success rate, average number of expended bombs = 10 & 20
  63,000+ announced sorties