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What's the benefit of low-altitude capabilities for these bombers? Increased accuracy/precision? I would think that modern bombers would be incredibly accurate
by shepherdjerred 3y ago
What's the benefit of low-altitude capabilities for these bombers? Increased accuracy/precision? I would think that modern bombers would be incredibly accurate in any situation.
- adgjlsfhk1 3y agoWhen computers sucked and there were a lot fewer smart bombs/missles, flying low gave you extra accuracy, but now that modern bombs include gps, IR, and probably 6 other tracking technologies it's a lot less useful.
- sco1 3y agoTerrain following significantly decreases detection range.
- Animats 3y agoNot being shot down by longer-range surface to air missiles.
- indymike 3y agoAt one time low altitude was the best way to evade air defense as fighters didn't have look down/shoot down radar capability. They do now, so the low altitude mission might help with ground based radar (by using the earth and geographic features to hide), but an enemy with modern fighters and AWACS capability makes this profile difficult.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> What's the benefit of low-altitude capabilities for these bombers? You can hide from radar under the horizon and within terrain. (Mostly the former. Flying wings aren’t optimised for manoeuvrability.)