Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
advantage in detonating bombs in carefully spaced or sequenced patterns to enhance blast effect.
Is this technique used?
The Harrier GR7 Simulated Attack Profile with 500 lb freefall bombs was a pair split into singletons before the target, one flies a short dogleg route and arrives over the target from a different direction (90 degrees out) from the first which dropped at the time on target (TOT), then the second dropped at TOT + 30 seconds (IIRC). This is why you see the importance of time on target hammered into the students in certain tv programmes!
This SAP ensured concentration of force and surprise - all good principles of war!