Barrel bombs are ~= Dresden, not smart bombs, but good motif for 2016. English connotation of fish-in-a-barrel works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_bomb …
TIL that barrel bombs are basically huge IEDs dropped from the air from any old aircraft or helicopter. Probably lower tech than even WW II
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Recall reading about such devices delivered by Irgun (?) terrorists via rolling them off a truck at bus stops during British mandate
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and has anyone ever explained why an advanced military state like syria would need them, instead of regular bombs?
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@olaf_alex read wikipedia. apparently they spent all their $ on surface-to-air defenses against Israel so no $ for ground strike capability - Show replies
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Yeah, that sounds like what they used to do in WW1, just scaled up.
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Shouldn't that be obvious from the name? Hm, odd that states use them, rather than rebels and terrorists.
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