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precision bombing
noun
- aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped, as accurately as possible, on a specific, usually small, target.
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of precision bombing1
Example Sentences
He witnessed an air display by an F-35 aircraft, which conducts the precision bombing role similar to that carried out by the Lancaster aircraft he flew during the war.
Throughout that period of carnage, the U.S. had remained committed to the concept of precision bombing, convinced that it was not only morally superior but also a better way to destroy an enemy's industry.
U.S. and South Korean warplanes conducted precision bombing drills Tuesday in response to North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japan.
Bombing the killing camps would have diverted bombers from military targets, and — “precision bombing” was then an oxymoron — would have killed many Jews.
How a strategy to reduce bloodshed with precision bombing in World War II was thwarted by military leaders.
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