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To: DB
Carpet bombing is cheap

Actually it's not. Assuming one knows where target is to sufficient precision, many fewer sorties, will be required to kill it with PGMs than using carpet bombing, whatever you might mean by that. Sure the dumb bombs are cheaper, but fuel to haul and manpower to prepare all those dumb bombs is not cheap.

101 posted on 01/09/2003 6:02:35 PM PST by El Gato
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To: El Gato
Carpet bombing is cheap

Actually it's not. Assuming one knows where target is to sufficient precision, many fewer sorties, will be required to kill it with PGMs than using carpet bombing, whatever you might mean by that. Sure the dumb bombs are cheaper, but fuel to haul and manpower to prepare all those dumb bombs is not cheap.

Yeah, but there's nothing like a good carpet bombing.

142 posted on 01/09/2003 8:01:51 PM PST by Attman (Witty tag line coming soon.)
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To: El Gato
Not too selective either...

I was mostly being sarcastic...

I actually doubt the "jammers" offer much of a real problem.
151 posted on 01/10/2003 3:10:37 AM PST by DB (©)
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