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Old August 14th 03, 04:57 AM
Charles Talleyrand
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"Bill Silvey" wrote in message om...

Further example: I don't think the pentagon was counting pennies when they
first used LGBs in Vietnam to drop a bridge that had withstood conventional
bombardment for the better part of a decade...


It's probably the case that the air force found one guided bomb much cheaper than
many failed conventional missions. Sometimes expensive weapons
are the cheapest solutions.


 




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