Sentence examples for effective bombing from inspiring English sources

The lopsided ground war in Iraq, for instance, was preceded by the most destructive and effective bombing campaign in military history, a spectacular, televised air show of "smart" bombs, Patriot missiles, and ship-launched Tomahawks whistling through downtown Baghdad.

Only 9percentt of the weapons dropped in the gulf war were precision-guided; this time, the figure would be well in excess of 60percentt, allowing more effective bombing with fewer total aircraft, officials say.

Only 9percentt of the weapons dropped in the 1991 gulf war were precision-guided; this time, the figure would be well in excess of 75percentt, allowing more effective bombing with fewer total aircraft, officials say.

How effective they have been is open to debate; the United States and its close partner in the attacks, Israel, used the weapons as an alternative to a potentially far more deadly, but perhaps less effective, bombing attack from the air.

This belief was reinforced with the Wehrmacht's success in 1939 41, which meant that opposing air forces were then too far away for effective bombing attacks on the German homeland.

Converting yellowcake or even enriched reactor fuel into an effective bomb is complex and probably impossible for a terrorist group, but that's not the issue.

While the administration may find it strategically important not to acknowledge that fact, nuclear weapons should never be regarded as just another bigger, more effective bomb.

Several of the accused are also charged with planting the primitive but horribly effective bombs used in the campaign, mostly butane gas canisters stuffed with nails and set off with basic alarm clocks.

In addition to the need for better and more effective bomb detectors and the associated paraphernalia of counter terrorism we are also interested the more mundane offences that are so troubling to communities – vandalism, graffiti, car crime, burglary.

Samaha was arrested in connection with the discovery of at least 20 "highly effective" bombs with remote detonation capability in several areas of Lebanon, and had allegedly confessed to the charges.

Her air group now consisted of a mixture of B3Y1 torpedo bombers, D1A1 dive bombers and A2N fighters, but her torpedo bombers were transferred after fleet maneuvers in October demonstrated effective dive bombing tactics.