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...about 15,000 ft., JDAMs can be dropped from 35,000 ft., beyond the reach of much enemy fire. They can be unloaded 15 miles from their target, offering pilots additional protection. Plus, the bomb kits are user friendly. "It takes me about an hour's work to launch a cruise missile but only 10 minutes to launch a JDAM," says Lieut. Colonel James Dunn, a B-52 bombardier at Louisiana's Barksdale Air Force Base who lobbed the bombs in Afghanistan...
...Gulf War, only a handful of planes could launch only a few guided missiles and accurate bombs at a time. Now virtually the entire armada of U.S. warplanes can dispatch such weapons. For the first time ever, a war can begin with one side able to wipe out, with near impunity, every key enemy building and other fixed target its intelligence has identified. Instead of F-117s buzzing Baghdad with a measly pair of 2,000-lb. laser-guided bombs, as in the 1991 war, the next conflict might start with B-2s over Iraq, each dropping...
...like Andrea Bocelli - has meant a falloff in new core classical releases. In 1987 the London Symphony Orchestra recorded 198 sessions for classical albums; in 2001, only 95. Now the orchestras are fighting back. Cheaper recording technology plus new deals with musicians' unions have enabled several major ensembles to launch their own labels. The biggest success story so far is the LSO Live budget label. "All their titles get into our Top 20 classical-sales chart," says Tony Shaw, U.K. classical manager for retail chain HMV. "Most get into the Top 10. Recently, Shostakovich's 11th Symphony...
...leading voices in the American political arena differed last night over whether the United States should launch an attack on Iraq...
Instead of supporting the immediate launch of U.S. troops into the heart of Iraq...