"Thomas Schoene" wrote:

:"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message

: "Thomas Schoene" wrote:
:
:
: Accuracy should be comparable to a JDAM (since it uses the same
: guidance package). That's not a TLAM, but it is better than a poke
: in the eye with a sharp stick.
:
: It's not an accuracy issue. We're back to the 'how do it fly' issue.
: Note that the GPS is NOT really intended to allow you to attack land
: targets, but rather to do littoral work and use it in crowded
: waterways.
:
:Yes, I know. But the fact remains that it will fly to a set of GPS
:coordinates and go bang. I call that a limited land-attack capability.

So do I. Very limited, since it's not much good in any but the
flattest terrain. Oh, you could presumably deliberately use air
launched to what is essentially a 'line of sight' point, but surely
there are so many better weapons for that that no one would do it.

: But that's not why we don't have to worry about it.
:
: Fred, if you have a point, please just make it already. This
: eliptical BS is getting very tedious.
:
: The point was made over a day ago. The folks buying these are also
: buying purpose-built ASMs as part of the packages.
:
:Sorry Fred, I see no sign of such a post in the articles I have received in
:this thread. It's possible something didn't make it to me, I suppose. If
:it was somewhere in the Israeli thread instead, but I gave up on that one a
:couple of days ago.

Someone from Korea (pretty sure it was in this thread, but maybe not)
commented on the F-15K deal shortly after I posted my remark the first
time with something along the lines of "That's right, because we're
buying SLAM-ER, too."

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