https://www.isegoria.net/2024/05/one-modern-laser-guided-bomb-was-as-effective-against-a-point-target-as-thirty-vietnam-era-f-4-phantoms-dropping-their-entire-load-of-bombs/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2024/05/one-modern-laser-guided-bomb-was-as-effective-against-a-point-target-as-thirty-vietnam-era-f-4-phantoms-dropping-their-entire-load-of-bombs/comment-page-1/#comment-3686144 Shadeburst Fri, 17 May 2024 00:56:11 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=51080#comment-3686144 The three thousand feet sounds highly suspect. A formation of WW2 Forts would drop all its bombs simultaneously on a signal from the lead bombardier. As the formation was spread out across the sky, side- as well as long-ways, and the bombs were released over a period of a few seconds (during which time the formation had traveled a thousand feet) the intention was to bomb an area, not a pickle-barrel pinpoint. In addition, Europe being Europe, the target might often be obscured by cloud, in which case the lead bombardier dropped by dead reckoning from the last definite fix. Before the night bombers started bombing on target indicators, the Riff-Raff were instructed that if the target was not visible they must bring their bombs back.

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