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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      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.

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        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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      9 months ago

      Dive bombers sunk ships (most of them taking evasive action at the time as well) regularly in WW2 using completely dumb bombs.

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      9 months ago

      Why do you think that? Dive bombing hits generally within a few meters, even during WW2 where it was used against tanks. Why would a guided rocket be that much better? Where would it get the target data from if it doesn’t have a human to guide it?

      Obviously, there exist guided munitions with higher accuracy (<1m) but that’s not the majority.

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        9 months ago

        When you gotta hit dozens of metres underground I think you’ll need more than a few metres accuracy error.