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To: BlackbirdSST

From the article Here:
Nineteen missiles fired outside Syrian airspace by two B-1B bombers targeted the Barzah Research and Development Center located in the greater Damascus area. Those Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missiles, or JASSMs,
Tracking a pre-planned route from launch to target using Global Positioning Satellites and an internal navigation system, the missile is designed to strike with a 1,000-pound penetrating warhead.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-14/syria-strike-puts-lockheed-martin-s-stealthy-new-missile-to-test


40 posted on 04/15/2018 9:10:40 AM PDT by Robe (A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: Robe

I guess that the Russian GPS jamming capability didn’t work that well or some of those missiles were set for home on jam capability.


54 posted on 04/15/2018 10:50:52 AM PDT by puppypusher (The world is going to the dogs.)
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