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From: Davidch@zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU (David Chowller)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Bombing accuracy in the Gulf
Summary: 70% of bombs missed targets
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Date: 27 Jun 91 01:38:20 GMT
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From: Davidch@zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU (David Chowller)

I heard on PBS's program "After the War" (with Bill Moyers) that 70% of
the bombs dropped in the Gulf missed their targets.  Does anyone know
where Moyers could have got this information from?  Did the DoD release an
estimate of the accuracy of the bombs recently?  Can anyone point me to such a
study?  He also said that most of the bombs dropped in the conflict were not
precision weapons.  Could this be because a high percentage of the tonnage was
dropped on the Iraqi Republican Guard and the rest of the Army, where precision
was not needed?
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David C. Choweller (Internet:davec@csufres.csufresno.edu)
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