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GordonSyesterday at 7:10 PM2 repliesview on HN

Look at the videos coming out of Iran - civilian infrastructure and residences are clearly being targeted. Some unexploded bombs have been found that lack a JDAM guidance package.

And regardless of the USA, Israel is most certainly not above carpet bombing civilians.


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jandrewrogersyesterday at 7:50 PM

Again, that's not "carpet bombing". Carpet bombing requires a type of aircraft that Israel doesn't have (though the US does).

Why would you expect a precision bomb to have a JDAM package? That is not the only type of guidance package. In fact, most of the footage I've seen (largely Israeli) has clearly been laser-guided bombs. They aren't the same thing, and the latter is more precise than JDAM in any case.

Use of precision-guided bombs in a city is not "carpet bombing".

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magic_hamsteryesterday at 7:21 PM

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