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I don’t think it was intended. I think that when you’re bombing thousands of targets, a 0.1-1% targeting error rate leads to dozens of unintended collateral hi
by zmgsabst 2mo ago
I don’t think it was intended.
I think that when you’re bombing thousands of targets, a 0.1-1% targeting error rate leads to dozens of unintended collateral hits (and thousands of civilians dead) — and is among the many reasons wars are horrific.
- inigyou 2mo agoWhat if someone tells you it's an elementary school and you ignore them?
- ModernMech 2mo agoThey hit the correct target. It's that although they could have, they didn’t check to see if it was a school first.
- zmgsabst 2mo agoThey did — in the targeting database which wasn’t correctly updated with the new analysis. That’s exactly the sort of bureaucratic mistake which gets exposed via wartime mishaps.