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Old October 27th 06, 12:57 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,us.military.navy,sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military.naval,us.military.army
Dean A. Markley
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Default B1-B Bombs Saddam........

Snipped to save electrons....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possibl...Saddam_Hussein

April 7, 2003 bombing

On April 7, at around 15:00 local time, an air strike was carried out
on Mansour, a residential area of Baghdad, on intelligence that Hussein
and/or his two sons might be there along with other senior Iraqi
officials. A single B-1B bomber dropped four precision-guided JDAM
2,000-pound bombs. The warplane was already aloft in case any such
"target of opportunity" arose. The strike was unleashed just twelve
minutes after receiving the orders and just 45 minutes after the
intelligence tip was received by the Central Command in Qatar. The four
bunker-penetrating bombs destroyed the target building, the al Saa
restaurant block and several surrounding structures, leaving a 60-foot
crater and unknown casualties.

OK, regarding the above strike? What was the sequence here? Were all
four JDAMs released simultaneously or were they "staggered"? Being GPS
guided, is there any reason why they could not have been dropped
simultaneously? Is there any potential interference among the 4 bombs?

Dean