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funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Per your link: The MOAB was used once, has a 1 mile blast radius, and based on reports killed “only terrorists - 90 of them” “a bunch of people including teachers and students” and “no one”

Hardly definitive. Also, a 1 mile bomb killing fewer than 100 people?

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yeather@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The MOAB was used to destroy a tunnel complex in Afghanistan. It killed around 100 people in a well fortified underground network. Imagine what it could do to a city or large town.

Your population density argument is bad, a third of the island lives in Nuuk.

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- funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
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  And was dropped approximately 100-200 meters (ie 1-2 football fields) off target.
  
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  - yeather@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    science.howstuffworks.com/moab.html
    
    Actually is has an accuracy of about 8 meters. Is it GPS guided.
    
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    funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    your link is broken but the howstuffworks page is quoting from the Wikipedia, which sources the GPS guidance to an anonymous post on globalsecurity.org - itsself not a bad source - however the method of delivery is they open the back of the aircraft, push the bomb on a wooden pallet out the door, wait a few seconds, activate a parachute, wait a few seconds for the gps to kick in, whereby “fins” guide it to its location.
    
    You’ll forgive me for being skeptical about 8m precision on a remote-controlled parachute from 35,000 feet at 400mph
    
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WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
You need to improve your basic logic skills.

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- funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I’ll happily concede if you’ve got a source?
  
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