Hi LindyBill; So you never read any public belief or numbers that match my statement? (I.e. "one bomb - one kill").
Here you go:
OPERATION DESERT STORM
Evaluation of the Air Campaign
US General Accounting Office, June 1997
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(3) the claim by DOD and contractors of a one-target, one-bomb capability for laser-guided munitions was not demonstrated in the air campaign where, on average, 11 tons of guided and 44 tons of unguided munitions were delivered on each successfully destroyed target (with averages ranging from 0.8 to 43.9 tons of guided and 6.7 to 152.6 tons of unguided munitions delivered across the 12 target categories—see p. 117);
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Weapon System Manufacturers’ Claims
We assessed the accuracy of statements made by various U.S.
manufacturers about the performance of their products that played a major role in the air campaign. Table III.16 presents manufacturers’ statements and summarizes our finding on each product.
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F-16 “No matter what the mission, air-to-air, air-to-ground. No matter what the weather, day or night. The F-16 is the premier dogfighter.”
The F-16’s delivery of precision air-to-ground munitions, such as Maverick, was impaired, and sometimes made impossible, by clouds, haze, humidity, smoke, and dust. Only less accurate unguided munitions could be employed in adverse weather using radar.
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“TI Paveway III: one target, one bomb.”
Our analysis of a selected sample of targets found that no single aimpoint was struck by one LGB—the average was 4, the maximum was 10.
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au.af.mil
Maybe when I say "public", what I really mean is the public that follows weapons systems, the people who read Aviation Leak and Space Technology.
So why the lies?
-- Carl |
