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...true that a cease-fire could permit some repairs and possible adjustments of Iraqi forces. These benefits could be minimized by the terms of the allied announcement of a truce, which might preclude the rebuilding of bridges or the redeployment of armored units. Pinpoint attacks by our smart bombs could stop these actions even during the respite period...
That's the theory. How it will work remains to be seen. An AirLand battle requires long-range planning, superb coordination, perfect timing, uninterrupted communications, pinpoint accuracy, constant high-speed maneuvering by ground forces and well-executed logistics. Getting fuel and ammunition to tank battalions traveling up to 120 miles a day calls for a massive resupply operation that leaves little room for error. The moment a unit stops moving, the battle risks degeneration into a war of attrition in which both sides would take casualties until the less powerful force is worn down...
...Stealth fighter-bombers located their target in the 4 a.m. darkness over Baghdad. Their laser-guided, 2,000-lb. bombs hit their mark with pinpoint accuracy. They cut through 12 ft. of reinforced concrete and exploded, peeling away the protective cover and destroying the bunker...
...most visible symbol of the U.S.'s technological edge -- those pinpoint strikes on Iraqi targets -- actually represents some fairly straightforward bombing. The key technology is a simple laser detector on the nose of a glide bomb that is electronically linked to adjustable fins in the bomb's tail. All the pilot has to do is point a pencil-thin laser beam at his target and push a button. A stabilizing computer keeps the beam locked in place, freeing the pilot to pitch and roll as necessary to evade enemy fire while the bomb rides along the beam's reflection, flying...
...pinpoint accuracy of the attacks was spectacular. At a Friday briefing in Saudi Arabia, Air Force Lieut. General Charles Horner showed videotapes of two laser-guided bombs sailing through the open doors of a bunker in which an Iraqi Scud missile was stored, and a third plopping down the rooftop air shaft of a tall building in Baghdad -- apparently the headquarters of the Iraqi air force -- and then blowing off the top floors. Bombs and missiles also hit other targets around and even in the heart of Baghdad -- Saddam's presidential palace, for one -- while apparently doing little damage...