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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    11 months ago

    Yeah, so? Still doesn’t make it “as accurate as laser guided bombs”.

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      11 months ago

      I never claimed that they were? I was only pointing out that dropping dumb bombs with precision is something that was perfected 80 years ago.

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        11 months ago

        That’s literally the claim we are talking about in this thread - that dumb bombs dropped while dive bombing aren’t as accurate as laser guided bombs - which was claimed in the comment I was replying to