Barrel bombs are ~= Dresden, not smart bombs, but good motif for 2016. English connotation of fish-in-a-barrel works en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_bo
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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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and has anyone ever explained why an advanced military state like syria would need them, instead of regular bombs?
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. read wikipedia. apparently they spent all their $ on surface-to-air defenses against Israel so no $ for ground strike capability

