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Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions that Israel has used in Gaza in its war with Hamas since October 7 have been unguided, otherwise known as “dumb bombs,” according to a new US intelligence assessment.

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[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

A US official told CNN that the US believes that the Israeli military is using the dumb bombs in conjunction with a tactic called “dive bombing,” or dropping a bomb while diving steeply in a fighter jet, which the official said makes the bombs more precise because it gets it closer to its target. The official said the US believes that an unguided munition dropped via dive-bombing is similarly precise to a guided munition.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Lol no it fucking isn't as precise as guided ammo.

[-] Bluerendar@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

No, no, what you should read is that their use of guided ammo is no more accurate than dive-bombing. That is, either the "guided" munitions aren't that accurate, or the targeting data used is of that quality.

[-] DoomBot5@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

At what point do you care if you hit exactly where you aimed at or 1 meter to the left? The bomb explodes on the target either way.

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