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Along with supplies can you imagine the intel data base that has had to be accumulated in this very short period of time. Each bomb mission has had to have been photograped several different times, a photo interpreter has had to look at, pictures blow them up and specifically identify what we evidently are defining as "valid" (military) targets, maybe with the help of a collaborator, or possibly from historical data, or maybe even with Russian help, he then had to read several sequences of these targets into a computer, distribute the data base to the fighter/bomber organizations. The pilots then had to study the photos and look at bombing runs to ensure that they could id the target from 30k feet. And then while actually flying the mission if it didn't look exactly like the info on his computer back at base he was probably forced to pull off and go home with his payload. Of course the further we get into the war the more data that will all ready be available in the intel data base and the less time it will take to quickly id and bomb specific targets. But in my mind the speed with which we started the bombing was a total surprise due to the amount of intel necessary to fight a war under these conditions

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Along with supplies can you imagine the intel data base that has had to be accumulated in this very short period of time.

Also a good point. Having more Special Forces guys on the ground will accelerate that process quite a bit.