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That's what I heard, too

Do you remember Swartzkohf's (sp) briefing from Gulf I about "the luckiest man in Iraq?" It showed a car driving across a bridge after some laser guided smart bombs were released. The bombs hit less than 50 meters behind his car. Once GPS guided bombs are released, there's not much anyone can do to stop them. Laser guided bombs actually can be diverted if the pilot sees something is going wrong. He just moves the laser away from the target. It isn't so easy with GPS bombs like JDAMS.

Sometimes, someone gets lucky, sometimes, the luck runs out.

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