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Old 2nd Feb 2012, 14:14
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There is a reason, Pontius, why it took so long to get a designator on Tornado - I know because of my involvement in the process. The problem was ignorance at the top - their headships were looking at Tornado weapon scores on controlled ranges and comparing them with the 50% CEP of Paveway 2. Typical range scores counted most bombs inside 30 feet as a DH whereas LGB scores were from a calibrated target and extremely accurate. If you compare apples and oranges you get a lemon and that was what Tornado was with dumb bombs.
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