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Apparently Russia is not launching such a precision bombing campaign in Syria after all.
1 posted on 10/01/2015 11:57:17 AM PDT by lodi90
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They are only dumb bombs if they don't take out the target.

We introduced guided weapons in order to take out small, hard to hit targets, but that soon got morphed into an ROE requirement.

Modern ballistic gravity bombing is very accurate if all you are trying to do is take out a building. Instead of one thousand pound JDAM, the Ruskies drop six thousand pounders. Net result of both is building destroyed.

And although we worry about collateral damage, the Ruskies and Assad will see it as bonus kills.

30 posted on 10/01/2015 12:17:17 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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So the bombings have started, and the finger pointing and trash-talking has begin. The U.S says the Russians are not hitting ISIS targets.

But isn’t it strange that we haven’t heard a THING from ISIS?


31 posted on 10/01/2015 12:19:40 PM PDT by jimjohn (You don't get the kind of government you want, or the kind you need. You get the kind you deserve.)
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I noticed from one video Ivan was dropping cluster bombs. Ivan don’t give a **** about collateral damage.


32 posted on 10/01/2015 12:20:00 PM PDT by C19fan
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These the same guys? Pentagon Confirms Investigation of Possible Skewed Intelligence on ISIS
33 posted on 10/01/2015 12:22:13 PM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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Dam i read that headline first as “Dumb Blonde”


34 posted on 10/01/2015 12:23:48 PM PDT by tophat9000 (King G(OP)eorge III has no idea why the Americans Patriots are in rebellion... teach him why)
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Russia will go in and carpet-bomb the crap out of the area figuring it’s better to kill 1000 civilians if it gets them 1 ISIS fighter. We’ll see how that goes over with the locals.


35 posted on 10/01/2015 12:26:21 PM PDT by Lower Deck
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Russia is using “dumb bombs” in its Syria airstrikes

Pour encourager les autres.

36 posted on 10/01/2015 12:26:34 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Diseases desperate grown Are by desperate appliance relieved Or not at al)
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War hurts. Who would have thunk?


41 posted on 10/01/2015 12:37:14 PM PDT by Fhios
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Not to be confused with the dumb bomb we have in the White House.


45 posted on 10/01/2015 12:47:22 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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Saw some of the attacks on BBC and they need a lot of practice


46 posted on 10/01/2015 12:48:02 PM PDT by butlerweave
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Save for later ( lots of good responses)


47 posted on 10/01/2015 1:00:51 PM PDT by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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Personally, I am waiting to see some TU-95s loaded with 500 pounders do the Russkie version of Arc Light over there.


48 posted on 10/01/2015 1:09:01 PM PDT by datura
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Maybe Vlad should have checked with 0bama before deciding what bombs to use?


51 posted on 10/01/2015 1:16:05 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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54 posted on 10/01/2015 1:21:23 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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Air Force senior intelligence officer: Russia is using “dumb bombs” in its Syria airstrikes

Much more cost effective; why spend the considerable extra money for smart bombs when a "raghead" is a "raghead"?

56 posted on 10/01/2015 1:23:33 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Why Have Boehner & McConnell Advanced 0bama's Agenda Faster Than Pelosi & Reid?)
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GIT-R-DONE!
58 posted on 10/01/2015 1:45:40 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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Air Force senior intelligence officer: Russia is using “dumb bombs” in its Syria airstrikes

They're also employing a lot of dumb bombs in the obama administration.
62 posted on 10/01/2015 2:33:34 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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Seems to me that they are hitting targets.

Perhaps, the use of a few dumb bombs will make it painful enough to stop the fighting.

I like that we can take out a single building in a neighborhood. That’s cool and it saves “innocent” lives.

But, in the world we are fighting, winning hearts and minds comes at the end of a gun. The more damage we can inflict—in the least amount of time will force an end to the dispute.


63 posted on 10/01/2015 2:45:05 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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Dumb bombs are better than dumb generals.


67 posted on 10/01/2015 4:37:47 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The use of the name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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Bombs Away!!!!

If our _resident was doing it, the ROEs would be so strict that we could not even use the smartest bombs in the arsenal.

Do not want to kill his homies.

Kill the shiite out of them President Putin, kill them dead.


68 posted on 10/01/2015 4:42:43 PM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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