: how are bombs dropped from a bomber aircraft able to strike their targets so precisely without risking hitting any civilian infrastructure
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Currently there are 2 main ways for precision bombing, Laser and GPS Guided systems.
For Laser targeting, the aircraft uses an infrared camera with lasing capabilities or works in conjunction with troops in the ground and other planes, the bomb has a laser sensor which reveives the information from the laser on the ground and uses its guiding system to move towards it as soon as its dropped, but this requires good visibility from who’s lasing the target, thats where GPS systems shine.
GPS guided bombs can receive the exact longitude and latitude data for the target, this can be accquired through the camera or by using a preplanned method, which requires the intel team to know the target’s location, making it possible to drop the ordnance with any type of weather, no matter the visibility, the bomb will receive the coordinates and guide itself to the desired location
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