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Strategies & Market Trends : Strictly: Drilling II -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: terry richardson who wrote (26899)	1/28/2003 5:09:01 PM
From: Sharp_End_Of_Drill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36161

>>>Re; I hope the rumoured 400 cruise missile a day plan is not going to unfold<<< It may unfold, but what will certainly happen is every B-52 still able to go aloft will converge upon Iraq at a set time and drop their loads of smart bombs from extremely high altitude. These are the 'fire and forget' type of bombs targeted by GPS rather than homing in on a laser designator. Imagine several thousand strategic & tactical targets being hit almost simultaneously. All their command & control, logistics, communications, etc. will be taken out very quickly. The relatively few key deep underground targets not suitable for that type of attack will get 2,000# ground penetrators from stealth fighters. This will make life extremely difficult for the BDA (bomb damage assessment) guys. Cruise missiles are frightfully expensive, can you imagine the tab for a several day salvo at 400 per? Sharp