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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 |
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