In the time I spent at the West Freugh test range, two skilled bomb-disposal experts were killed by BL 755 bomblets; so expertise doesn't help, and impact certainly doesn't necessarily set them off.
Remember the Tornado's JP233 was ditched a while ago, supposedly for PC reasons, but in fact it was a useless weapon with no runway penetration and it only took some half-brained AAA to bring down the delivery aircraft !
Re. the Taliban, I agree with the previous mailer that we should use up our stocks on them ( I notice the Matra155's must have gone, as the Harriers are now using CRV's ), and wherever possible fit Paveway kits to iron bombs - I'm not a FJ pilot but an ex- BAe technical & FJ photographer - if anyone feels I'm pontificating from a comfy chair,
I'd be happy to join in if someone can organise it, all images pro FAA / RAF.
Some previous efforts at
www.harrier.org.uk/ history - scrolldown to 'harrier testing' if suffering insonia.
Andy