To: Lokibob
Bombs are used against a fixed target, like a building. The hellfire missile is designed to kill a tank even if it is moving. "Smart" bombs can be steered into their target. When you're dropping at terminal velocity, a small turn of the steering vanes can produce a very respectable lateral movement -- more than enough to stay on-target with a moving tank.
47 posted on
04/18/2004 7:20:43 PM PDT by
SauronOfMordor
(That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast.)
To: SauronOfMordor
Hellfire missile uses a shaped charge, designed to penetrate armor.
Anything other than a direct hit with a 250 lb bomb would simply shake up the crew of a tank.
Different weapons, different missions...
Look, bombs do a lot of things, from putting holes in the ground (denying the enemy a runway, for example) to denying the enemy personnel land (cbu bomblets), to blowing up Palaces.
57 posted on
04/18/2004 7:43:21 PM PDT by
Lokibob
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