Navy uses new bomb first time
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Kennedy-based fighters drop 500-pound JDAMs on insurgents in Iraq.
By GREGORY PIATT
The Times-Union
Jet fighters from the USS John F. Kennedy recently dropped the Navy's
newest smart bomb for the first time during combat operations in Iraq, JFK
officials said in a news release Thursday. An F/A-18 squadron from the
Jacksonville-based Kennedy, deployed in the Persian Gulf, dropped the
first two 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions or JDAMs for the Navy.
They destroyed a target where insurgents were known to be operating
in Iraq, according to the release.
The Navy didn't identify that position or on what day the bombs were
dropped but did say it was dropped by Strike Fighter Squadron 34, based
at Oceana Naval Air Station, Va.
"The 500-pound JDAM is perfect for the urban warfare that's taking place
now in Iraq," said Capt. Dave Dunaway, the Navy's JDAM program
manager, in the release. "Precision, reliability, and accuracy is exactly what
the warfighter was asking for and we are pleased that we could respond
quickly."
While this was the first time the Navy dropped the bomb in combat, it
wasn't the first time the United States has used it in Iraq. In early October,
an Alabama Air National Guard unit dropped two JDAMs, officially called
a GBU-38.
A precision-guided JDAM is created when a $21,000 guidance kit is
strapped onto a $300 dumb bomb. When attached, the movable fins and
guidance system makes it one of the most precise weapons dropped from
planes, according to the Boeing Co. The bomb can be dropped 15 miles
from its target. Boeing has been making the kit for 2,000- and 1,000-pound
bombs for at least five years.
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"They destroyed a target where insurgents
were known to be operating in Iraq, according
to the release."
In other words, the bomb landed somewhere in Iraq
and missed the insurgents.
"The Navy didn't identify that position or on what
day the bombs were dropped"
Of course not, that would reveal information vital
to national security like: Iraqi civilians are
being used as guinea pigs to test new weapons:
"While this was the first time the Navy dropped
the bomb in combat, it wasn't the first time
the United States has used it in Iraq."
Well, better the Iraqi women and children than
testing smart bullets on Little Egg NJ middle schools,
or smart interrogation on American GIs, right ?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/04/national/main653804.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/02/60II/main652953.shtml
Dark Star- How to negotiate with a Smart Bomb:
http://www2.english.uiuc.edu/cybercinema/bomb20.htm
Pinback: All right, bomb. Prepare to receive new orders.
Bomb#20: You are false data.
Pinback: Hmmm?
Bomb #20: Therefore I shall ignore you.
Pinback: Hello...bomb?
Bomb #20: False data can act only as a distraction.
Therefore, I shall refuse to perceive.
Pinback: Hey, bomb?!
Bomb #20: The only thing that exists is myself.
Pinback: Snap out of it, bomb.
Bomb #20: In the beginning there was darkness.
And the darkness was without form and void.
Pinback: Umm. What the hell is he talking about? Bomb?
Bomb #20: And in addition to the darkness there was also me.
And I moved upon the face of the darkness and
I saw that I was alone.
Pinback: Hey.....bomb?
Bomb #20: Let There Be Light. [He detonates]
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U.S. outsourcing Smart Bomb testing to Australians:
http://arbustomosquito.blogspot.com/
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