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bombsight

[ bom-sahyt ]

noun

Military.
  1. (in an aircraft) an instrument for aiming bombs at a target, especially a device that can assume complete control of the aircraft during a bombing run, can automatically compensate for speed, winds, etc., and can guide the release of bombs for maximum accuracy in striking the target.


bombsight

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noun

  1. a mechanical or electronic device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
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Origin of bombsight1

First recorded in 1915–20; bomb + sight
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For this week’s cover story on the Georgetown arts collective Equinox Studios, I got sucked in by Norden bombsights.

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As a bomber, of course, it also contained bombing gear and bombsights, and all of this needed maintenance and loading.

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Although early raids proved that the Japanese homeland could be reached, they failed to hit their targets as problems persisted with the Norden bombsight.

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Nazi spies kidnap an aircraft mechanic and try to make him talk about a new bombsight.

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One thing is, however, guaranteed: some poor souls will be at the other end of those bombsights and rifle barrels.

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