Subject: THE DEADLY RAILROAD BRIDGES
From: (Eunometic)
Date: 2/3/04 5:14 AM Pacific Standard Time
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Subject: THE DEADLY RAILROAD BRIDGES
From: Dana Miller
Date: 2/2/04 9:23 PM Pacific Standard Time
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(ArtKramr) wrote:

Two Bad Days Over the Deadly RR Bridges

SNIP

There are some things you just can't do with laser or GPS guided
weapons. Much of the world where bad people live has heavy cloud cover
and too many SAMS to safely lase targets. GPS guided bombs hit things
from the top and only the top. I just saw the proof of how effective it
is to hit parts of bridges from the side. Sometimes the bad guys hide
high value targets under overpases. I think the dictator of Yugoslavia
gave up because they put a 2000lb bomb into the LEFT patio door of an
apartment he frequently visited.

I remember the sacrifices it took to hit the tough targets. One of the
best parts of my job is to tell people how many american air crews these
things save. All the while whe're building these things in the old
Norden bombsight factory:-). Start out good, get better.

--
Dana Miller


Wish we had that stuff back then. A lot of good men would still be with us.


You did have something similar. The USAF had AZON and used it and I
think RAZON as well. Radio controlled bombs Designed to hit bridges.
They worked similarly to the Luftwaffe's Fritz X except that AZON
stood for azimuth only and RAZON as range and azimuth only.


Never even saw one. (sigh)


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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