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Note that heavy industry can be very resilient against bombing; during WW2, the allies dropped over 30 kilotons of conventional bombs on and around the german L

Note that heavy industry can be very resilient against bombing; during WW2, the allies dropped over 30 kilotons of conventional bombs on and around the german Leunawerke, which were still running at double digit percentage efficiency; modern targetting and improved explosives would obviously help, but disabling manufacturing by bombs is not as trivial as one might assume! TL;DR 40 tons of JDAMs are not enough to achieve anything lasting.

mlrtime 3y ago
Perhaps, but are they as effective as laser guided arms we had even in Iraq? I can still remember watching original video of a laser guided bomb/missle hitting the exact right spot to get to the depths of the target to later cause massive damage.
15155 3y ago
How does a WW2 unguided bombing campaign remotely compare to <30m CEP munitions, ton-for-ton?