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yeather@lemmy.ca 2 days agoscience.howstuffworks.com/moab.html
Actually is has an accuracy of about 8 meters. Is it GPS guided.
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yeather@lemmy.ca 2 days agoscience.howstuffworks.com/moab.html
Actually is has an accuracy of about 8 meters. Is it GPS guided.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 day 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