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shatto
12-12-2009, 11:04 PM
Dumb Bombs
http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2009/Nov/Week4/15462049.jpg
A photograph of bombs being released, taken during a raid on an airfield at Berck Sur Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France.

Result of "Carpet Bombing" with Dumb Bombs
http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2009/Nov/Week4/15462056.jpg
Notice how many bombs actually hit a target.

Compared to using one Smart Bomb...
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/239057/smart_bombs/

Yes, There Really Was a "Bridge Over The River Kwai"
http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2009/Nov/Week4/15462058.jpg
Bridges over the River Mae Klong (later renamed Kwa Yai in 1960) and Tamarkan POW camp, at Tha Ma Kham, five kilometres from Kanchanaburi in Thailand.
This was the so-called Bridge over the River Kwai.
The picture was was taken by 684 Squadron, Royal Air Force, on January 2, 1945.